%C2%A9 Siah Armajani
Mississippi Delta, 2005-06
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Colored pencil on Mylar; triptychexpand_more
Gift of Siah Armajaniexpand_more 2010.100a-c
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Armajani's drawing captures the disaster that befell the Gulf Coast and New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. All of the destructive forces of water are unleashed when a great flood occurs. Waters overflowing banks, dykes, and levees contaminate water and sewage treatment facilities making tap water undrinkable. Industrial waste, agricultural chemicals and other pollutants get added to the mix and flow into neighborhoods. Water shortcircuits electrical systems, turning out the lights, shutting down refrigerators and freezers, leaving little to eat. A dining table with empty plates, a bed, and a house, the comforts of home, flow downstream. A car floats by upside-down, no longer a means of escape. Upstream the bridge has collapsed. Crows survey the catastrophy, ignore the scarecrow, and wait to exploit the carnage.
Details
- Title
- Mississippi Delta
- Artist Life
- American (born Iran), 1939 - 2020
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2010.100a-c
- Curator Approved
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