Natural / Un-Natural
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Description
"Prints of twenty-four painted panels, executed with dry pigments in alkyd medium, represent events affecting our environment and actions exacerbating these events. Each panel is divided into two sections to give two possible visual interpretations. Events described by the panels are: extra-terrestrial impacts, solar storms, volcanic activity, eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, wind, dust storms, rain, flooding, hurricanes, storm surges, tornadoes, blizzards, drought, wildfires, earth shifting events, glacier melting and calving, permafrost melting, and sea level rise. The climate is changing, we cannot control the events that threaten our environment but we could have controlled our actions. Now we may be powerless to stop this process." - Thomas Parker Williams
Publisher
Thomas Parker Williams (self-published)
Subject
Climate change, environment
Extent
6 x 10 x 1" in case, extends to 19" diameter
Style
Accordion binding
Material
N/A
Technique
Digital prints of 24 original painted panels. Arranged in a circular accordion structure with 12 double-sided sections. Tyvek hinges.
Date
2015
Recommended Citation
Williams, Thomas Parker, "Natural / Un-Natural" (2015). Rollins College Book Arts Collection. 34.
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/book_arts/34
Exhibit Location
This work was featured in the Cornell Fine Arts Museum as a part of the exhibition “Common Ground: Selected Works from The Rollins Book Arts Collection” from September 18, 2021 – December 31, 2021.
Other Information
Edition of 11. Companion video (8 minutes 23 seconds) on DVD. Signed and numbered by the artist. More information can be found here: https://www.thomasparkerwilliams.com/73-natural-un-natural-2015ed.htm And here: http://www.vampandtramp.com/finepress/w/Thomas-Parker-Williams.html