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Lighthouse represents things near and far away, the camera crossing channels that flicker between barriers and invitations. Following the June 2016 referendum on the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, Donovan Wylie began to photograph distant lighthouses on key procedural dates. Glimpsed from the opposing coastlines of France, Northern Ireland, and Great Britain, the afterglow of the distant lighthouses became a way to process the tensions and complexities of identity and insularity, loneliness and love. The limited edition book Lighthouse, is published in partnership with the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s.

Limited edition of 100, signed and numbered by the artist.

Printed in Belfast on Marrutt archival matt 230gsm paper by Donovan Wylie.

Designed by Donovan Wylie and Stephen Connolly and hand-bound by Liam McLaughlin.

#1-10 (signed by the artist, presented in a hand-made slipcase, includes a unique print) £500

#11-20 (signed by the artist, presented in a hand-made slipcase) £250

#21-50 (signed by the artist, presented in a hand-made slipcase) £150

#51-100 (signed by the artist) £75

Collection is available from the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's, Tue-Sun 10.00-4.00pm, or by special arrangement. Please contact [email protected] to arrange a collection time or to discuss delivery options.

Donovan Wylie (b. 1971) is an artist based in his native Belfast. Exploring alternative strategies for the representation of conflict, Wylie combines conceptual and typological approaches, and asks us to reflect on complexities of human experience within the contexts of perception, history and landscape. Wylie is Professor of Photography at Ulster University, and his work is held in numerous public collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate, London; the Centre George Pompidou, Paris; and the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin. Wylie’s books include 32 Counties (Secker & Warburg 1989), Maze (2009 Granta/Steidl), Scrapbook (2009 AMC/Steidl), The Towers Series (2007 – 2014 Steidl), A Good and Spacious Land (2017 Yale University Art Gallery).