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Work Type:video
Date of work:1992
Materials:medium: vhs video

Style Period:contemporary art
Subject:violence
Technique:video
Description:
‘Richard Squires's gutsy video Big Iron Doo begins with a double murder and never looks back. Varying between action and almost abstract visual play, it takes its title from a country and western song. And like the singer, it ends by glorifying the “acte gratuity”.’
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Source:Morgan, S., “BT New Contemporaries”, exhibition catalogue, 1993
Date of source:1993