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Alfredo Jaar : the garden of good and evil

by Alfredo Jaar, Griselda Pollock, Clare Lilley, Jon Bird

This catalogue documents a permanent woodland installation at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, which comprises steel cells referencing secret global detention facilities and is inspired by the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish.

Accession 16598 ISBN 9781908432421 Publisher Yorkshire Sculpture Park
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Griselda Pollock, Clare Lilley, Jon Bird, Alfredo Jaar
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