Water is a powerful thing. Soothing, nourishing, cleansing, purifying, forceful, destructive, turbulent – its qualities are elusive and complex, even diametric. A vital life source, water figures symbolically in many sacred rites performed across the globe. As a natural resource whose availability can be overabundant or scarce, its effect on the human condition can be profound. As society strives for greater global awareness in a world experiencing irreversible climate changes, we ask ourselves how to protect the earth from its further mismanagement.
To answer this begs a closer examination of how we as individuals view, respect, and value water in our own personal culture. In this second Sentient presentation, we will select artists whose works explore water in subject, material and understanding.
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