LOUISVILLE, KY.- The Speed Art Museum presents an exhibition of the photographs and videos of Willie Doherty, one of the most important artists to emerge from Northern Ireland in recent decades. Willie Doherty: Traces will be on view from October 14, 2011 through January 1, 2012. Twice nominated for Tate Britain’s Turner Prize and the representative for Northern Ireland at the 2007 Venice Biennale, Willie Doherty is internationally recognized for his hauntingly beautiful work that seamlessly combines rigorous artistic choices and tough political issues. Although the decades of unrest, conflict and loss that have been the daily life of many people in Northern Ireland form a backdrop for Doherty’s work, it is never limited by location. Instead, the work has a universal profundity and poignancy that increases over time. This exhibition will be the first time that Doherty’s work has been shown in the region. Wi