Installation in Ireland & Northern Ireland

Irish art installation and its historic roots in the American (comic) book burnings, 1948 - 1952

As book artists, we enjoy temporarily putting work in the natural environment. In 2018, in Ireland and Northern Ireland, we installed our pieces at sites such as Gurtinard House, Listowel, the River Feale, the Giant's Causeway, Trinity College in Dublin and Newgrange.

My initial research showed no evidence of comic book burnings by the Catholic Church in Ireland or Northern Ireland circa 1950. My educated guess is that the notorious "horror" and "crime" comic books from the United States and England were rarely seen, expensive for an average family and seldom distributed widely because of paper shortages. The Church, though supportive of the need to censor or eliminate such artifacts of popular culture, chose other countries in the United Kingdom with a larger comic readership.

**Charlotte Johnson at River Feine Gardens Installation in Listowel, Ireland**

**River Feine Installation in Listowel, Ireland**

**Gurtenard House Installation in Listowel, Ireland**

**Installation at Listowel Castle, Ireland**