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The Global Embrace (The Silicon Suite, II)
The Global Embrace (The Silicon Suite, II)

The Global Embrace (The Silicon Suite, II)

Artist (b. 1943)
Date1986
MediumSilkscreen and etching on copperplate
Dimensions60 × 95 cm
EditionNo. 44 from an edition of 286
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery. Donated by An Post, 2024. © Robert Ballagh.
Object number2224
DescriptionThe donation of 'Silicon Suite II: The Global Embrace' (1986) provides a greater understanding of Ballagh's practice as the previous works in the collection date from the 1960s and 70s. 'The Global Embrace' is one of a series of three prints that use copper as their support. It strikingly captures the development of information technologies up to the mid-1980s, from analogue to digital, and includes Ballagh’s own Irish stamp designs.
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