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Paperback. Condition: New. This exhibition catalogue offers a range of perspectives on the role and importance of the countryside in art and visual culture - from Gainsborough's landscapes to 21st-century video games. Essays explore themes such as the relationship between art and farming and how the concept of the rural idyll is exploited in advertising campaigns, while contemporary artists explain how rural places, communities and themes function in art practice today.…