SPILL: Alaskan Artists Remember is a 20th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, March 24, 1989. This thematic group exhibition of Alaska Artists addresses the effects of the spill in all media, in their own signature styles. Spill will showcase the artist’s individual interpretations of the Spill as informed by diverse cultural values, experiences, beliefs and artistic passions. Spill is co-sponsored by the council.
SPILL: Alaskan Artists Remember is a 20th anniversary commemorative exhibition of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, March 24, 1989.
This thematic group exhibition of Alaska artists addresses the effects of the spill in all media, in their own signature styles. Spill showcases the artist’s individual interpretations of the spill as informed by diverse cultural values, experiences, beliefs and artistic passions. Spill is co-sponsored by the council.
Spill opened at the Bunnell Street Gallery in Homer, and is travelling to galleries in other Alaskan communities throughout 2009. Spill is showing at the MTS Gallery in Anchorage currently showing through First Friday in September. (Map to MTS Gallery)
In the media:
Listen to Alaska Public Radio's interview with Asia Freeman, director of the Bunnell Street Gallery in Homer.
Please enjoy a preview of the works in the exhibit below.
Reliquae
Harvet Rosary
Cross the Gulf Late March, 1989
20 Years For What?
The Mantle She Wore
Jolly Exxon Roger
Trompe L’oeil
Fetched Up Hard Aground on Bligh Reef
Tears Are Still Falling
Through the Looking Glass #15
Seasons Past
Proof
Reliquae
Black Iceberg (Pink)
Closing the Book
Children Playing on the Beach With Oiled Tar
Blues
Drill Baby Drill
Tap Dancing On Water
Footprint
Eyak's Jaws
Northern Knight Island Death Marsh
Spill
Rupture
Wave
Eleanor
SOS
NO!