Laura McPhee (US American, b. 1958)The Blue Lagoon, Svartsengi Geothermal Pumping Station, Iceland, 1988 chromogenic printGift of Dr. Anthony Terrana29 ¼” × 37” “Inspired by the long tradition of landscape photography that imagined nature as a sublime and spiritual place…McPhee decided to capture not only nature’s awe-inspiring beauty, but also the […]
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Harvey Sadow (US American, b. 1946)Fire and Flood/Sacred Sites, 1989 ceramicGift of Ed and Terry Duffy, 2001.2210 ½” H x 13” W Harvey Sadow invokes seemingly opposite natural disasters in this ceramic piece to reference the earth’s sacred cycles of destruction and regrowth. Fire and flood are united by their greater […]
Evelyn Rydz (US American, b. 1979)Gulf Pile, 2012 colored pencil and graphiteMuseum Purchase through the Jamie Poppel Collection Fund, 2013.2411 ¾” H x 16 ¾” W Evelyn Rydz illustrates piles of marine debris in response to the monumental issue of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans. Her vivid, carefully composed drawings […]