Water, water, everywhere and not a drop to drink | Two panels, each 36” x 432” x 12”

1995 - Double sheets of fiberglass screen with cut out stenciled water words in 20 languages. Lower panel with synonyms and quotes about manŐs abuse of the environment.

 

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Water in 20 languages as stenciled cutouts play themselves out with light and shadow across the gallery wall. Streams of words bridge linguistic mysteries. Moire patterns suggest liquid metaphors while the title’s implicit irony speaks to the abuse of our most precious resource.
MARY DRITSCHEL
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