Lead Me Beside Still Waters
Artist Ena Swansea paints a provocative paradox in “One” from her “4 Seasons” quadtych: Is the child in the bathtub playfully holding a bubble, the orb of our global commons, or a crystal ball that portends an ominous future? As the viewer is confronted with the image of a child who, in the middle o...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Publié: |
Brill
2015
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Dans: |
Worldviews
Année: 2015, Volume: 19, Numéro: 1, Pages: 34-50 |
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Pollution des eaux
/ Handicap
/ Société
/ Protection de l'environnement
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RelBib Classification: | NBE Anthropologie NCG Éthique de la création; Éthique environnementale XA Droit ZB Sociologie |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Disability
Down Syndrome
water
ecology
precautionary principle
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Volltext (Verlag) |
Résumé: | Artist Ena Swansea paints a provocative paradox in “One” from her “4 Seasons” quadtych: Is the child in the bathtub playfully holding a bubble, the orb of our global commons, or a crystal ball that portends an ominous future? As the viewer is confronted with the image of a child who, in the middle of an ordinary daily routine, is up to his armpits in a pool of blood red water, the question of water toxicity becomes central in the painting. |
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ISSN: | 1568-5357 |
Contient: | In: Worldviews
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685357-01901003 |