The Deployment of Art: The Imperial War Museum's Artistic Records Committee, 1969-1982

by Clare Carolin

This book explores the Artistic Records Committee (ARC) of the Imperial War Museum (IWM) as a bureaucratic mechanism that enabled the deployment of art as an instrument of war.

The ARC was established in 1972 to commission artistic records of activities involving the British Armed Forces (BAF) deployed in the North of Ireland as part of Operation Banner. Through a close reading of artworks, archival research, and interviews with artists,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032209380
• ISBN13: 9781032209388
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 296 Pages