Geopolitics and the Event : Rethinking Britain's Iraq War Through Art

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An original exploration of the 2003 Iraq war and geopolitics more broadly through the prism of art. Offers a reappraisal of one of the most contentious and consequential events of the early twenty-first centuryAdvances an original perspective on Britain’s role in the 2003 invasion and subsequent occupation of IraqMaps out new ways of thinking about geopolitical events through artExamines the work of artists, curators and activists in light of Britain’s role as a colonial power in Iraq and the importance of oilReflects on the significance, limits and dilemmas of art as a form of critical interventionQuestions the implications of art in colonialism and modernity