Marieke Severens Gallery

Technique: Work on Paper, Mixed technique

Taille: 22 x 30 cm

Authenticité: Signée par l'artiste, Certificat fourni

Édition: oeuvre unique

Échelle des prix: < € 500

Statut: à vendre

Birds of America 0706 FloridaGallinule, 2012

The Birds of America project was inspired by the bp Deepwater Horizon rig's massive oil spill in 2010 with its disastrous effect on the species of animals that live in the wetlands of the Gulf of Mexico. Schmidt had uncovered in a box of old prints an almost complete set of pages from a reprint of the famously illustrated book "The Birds of America" by John James Audubon. Noticing how many of the featured birds breed or winter in the areas affected by the oil spill, she overpainted 42 prints with the contours of the spill on various days of the disaster over a three-months period. This makes the disaster even more visible. The main sources of the spill outlines were the (U.S.) National Audubon Society and the Times Picayune (New Orleans).