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Terry Atkinson, b.1939

A miniature wheelbarrow bomb disposal robot guided onto a makeshift altar suspected of being booby trapped in a bunker in Armagh., 1985

A miniature wheelbarrow bomb disposal robot guided onto a makeshift altar suspected of being booby trapped in a bunker in Armagh. is a 1985 work by Terry Atkinson. It is part of the IMMA Permanent Collection.

MediumPastel on paper
Dimensions Unframed, 152 x 120 cm
Framed, 155.5 x 124 cm
Credit LineIMMA Collection: Purchase, 1998
Item NumberIMMA.814
Copyright For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].
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Terry Atkinson, A miniature wheelbarrow bomb disposal robot guided onto a makeshift altar suspected of being booby trapped in a bunker in Armagh., 1985, Pastel on paper, Unframed, 152 x 120 cm|Framed, 155.5 x 124 cm, Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art, Purchase, 1998

For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].

  • About the Artist

    • About the Artist

    Terry Atkinson, b.1939

    A founder-member of the group Fine-Artz (1963), and the influential Art & Language (1968-74), English artist Terry Atkinson began his career producing conceptual collaborative works. Post 1975, he went on to exhibit independently. Nominated for the Turner Prize in 1985, Atkinson had a solo exhibition at IMMA in 1993. He teaches art at the University of Leeds.
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    Artworks by Terry Atkinson

    Daughter, after having returned from an armed mission, being greeted by her mother near a Christmas wreath, in a bunker in Armagh Terry Atkinson undated

    Proposal for project landing area at IMMA

    Proposal for project landing area at IMMA Terry Atkinson 1993

    Slat Greaser Trough III Terry Atkinson 1990

    Greaser Slat V

    Greaser Slat V Terry Atkinson 1990

    Two luminous leads strung into a north facing bunker in Monaghan

    Two luminous leads strung into a north facing bunker in Monaghan Terry Atkinson 1986

    Brain and miniature electronic device on a table in preparation for a lecture in a bunker in Armagh.

    Brain and miniature electronic device on a table in preparation for a lecture in a bunker in Armagh. Terry Atkinson 1985

    Pastel drawing of a view from a north facing bunker-slit looking out into South Armagh, made by a returning active service member of the Provisional Irish Republician Army, who learned his […]

    Pastel drawing of a view from a north facing bunker-slit looking out into South Armagh, made by a returning active service member of the Provisional Irish Republician Army, who learned his […] Terry Atkinson 1985

    Mould for the bottom set of false teeth on a glass shelf in a bunker in Armagh. Through the slit three British Helicopters going in.

    Mould for the bottom set of false teeth on a glass shelf in a bunker in Armagh. Through the slit three British Helicopters going in. Terry Atkinson 1984