Title

Rew Hanks: The catch of the day.

Venues

Nicholas Thompson Gallery. (11 April 2018 – 29 April 2018)

Date

(2018)

Summary

Single-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (VIC). Prints.

Web address

https://www.nicholasthompsongallery.com.au/artist…

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

Rew Hanks visited Iceland for three months in early 2017. This exhibition reflects the artist’s concerns of the effect of climate change on the regions within the Arctic Rim. The seventeen hand coloured linocuts in this exhibition depict the dramatic decline of the puffin populations of Iceland caused by the warming of the ocean currents. Many fish populations have been drastically altered resulting in the starvation of several generations of baby puffins. Hanks also depicts the imbalance of marine ecosystems in the North Atlantic Sea caused by the high density of plastic pollutants.

[Nicholas Thompson Gallery media, 2018].

Last Updated

19 Sep 2024