Sitaantaagu Glacier, Status: Retreating #5
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“Sitaantuaagu” is the native Alaskan Tlinkit name for the Mendenhall Glacier located near Juneau. Over a decade ago I photographed the area and was stunned by the glacier’s rapid melting. Sadly, much more environmental collapse has taken place since then, as climate change rapidly has affected our entire planet. The oceans are being increasingly filled with discarded plastic and other trash. This painting is part of a series, completed in 2019-2020, as a meditation on the melting of the earth’s glaciers and the frightening amount of human garbage filling our oceans.
Born in Texas, Carol Law has had work exhibited internationally, and for fifteen years she taught experimental printing techniques at various universities. Law has been the recipient of three collaborative NEA grants for stage performance works and a number of visual art commissions. She resides in El Cerrito, California, with her composer husband Charles Amirkhanian. Together they have created many collaborative art performance works together utilizing her photography & video and his text-sound compositions. www.carollaw.art