Carter Ratcliff - An Aqueous Cosmology: The Art of Fredericka FosterCarter RatcliffRhythms fill Fredericka Foster’s paintings of water. Or that is what I am tempted to say after a glance around a roomful of her paintings. Then, when I focus on a single canvas and look for its defining pattern, I see none—no equivalent to the strict regularities of a Minimalist grid or an Op Art design. In short, no rigidity. These are pictures of flow, of current and cross-current. Their rhythms are liquid, which is to say: the moment a rhythm begins, it reaches beyond itself. To see... + Read More
Painting WaterFredericka FosterPainting water returned me to my Norwegian heritage, as my great grandmother was a "fishing Sami" living North of the Arctic Circle. The family legend is that she could catch a fish, embroider it on her apron and make a feast for a dozen in an afternoon. Besides inspiring me with memories from living on the lakes and rivers, water, constantly moving and completely abstract, satisfies my desire to paint formally as well as a need to be challenged.
I begin with several of... + Read More
Painting water
This movie shows the steps involved in bringing water to life on the canvas.
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Everyone has the right to clean and accessible water, adequate for the health and well-being of the individual and family, and no one shall be deprived of such access or quality of water due to individual economic circumstance.
The Value of Water - September 2011- March 2012 Guest Curator: Fredericka Foster
“Shortly there will be yet another answer to the question, “ Where’s the water in the Cathedral?” “The Value of Water,” an ambitious installation of art opens in September, 2011. Works by painters, sculptors, and media artists, including the seven presented in the following pages, will be installed in bays of the nave, in various chapels, and along the walls of the Great Crossing. As interpreters of the unseen, artists will help us to see what has been there all along; to strengthen our awareness of water, and to prompt our imaginations in the contemplation of water, from wells and underground springs to surging seas and mighty rivers. With this collection of powerful presentations, there really will be water, water everywhere.
This exhibition can be best viewed between the hours of 10:00 am and 4:30 pm; Monday through Saturday.
The Cathedral
Church of St. John the Divine in the Upper West Side of Manhattan is
the largest cathedral in the world. It is so massive, in fact, that the
Statue of Liberty can fit inside. The diocese takes advantage of the
cathedral's cavernous space through it's noted art exhibitions, the most
recent of which examines one of the world most precious resources --
water. "The Value of Water" curated by participating
artist Fredericka
Foster, features pieces by some huge names, including Mark
Rothko, Jenny Holzer, and Bill Viola, that spur conversation
and contemplation about the global water crisis.
"This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands." -- Barack Obama
Something like a sixth of the world's population does not have access to clean drinking water. And we know that more than 2 million people, most of them children, die every year from diseases directly connected to dirty water. It's not only developing countries that are suffering, as parts of the United States know firsthand from recent flooding. Pesticides, some banned by other countries, but still used in the United States, run into rivers and streams, contaminating human food harvests and land used to feed livestock.
The Himalayas, A Special ReportCirle of BlueWith one-fifth of the world’s population relying on seasonal
Himalayan melting, the disappearance of the Third Pole is sending
warning signs.
Floods, droughts, wildfires, windstorms, water contamination and
illnesses plague the 1.3 billion people who live in the watersheds
directly supplied... + Full Story
Beijing’s Water Demand Outpaces Supply Despite Conservation, Recycling, and ImportsNadya IvanovaBEIJING—The 200-kilometer drive from Beijing to the
Guanting Reservoir in Hebei Province takes you from the urban jungle of
China’s capital to the dry farm fields and tumble-down villages of one
of the country’s major agricultural regions. On this early December
morning, the air is breezy and... + Full Story
The Fresh Water Crisis in China's Karst RegionsChristina LarsonIn the southwest corner of China, a land of towering mountains and
deep gorges not far from the border of Vietnam, is Shi Dong, the Rock
Cave. It is here, 800 miles west of the Pacific Ocean, in an area so
remote that people often settle in villages with no more than a few
dozen homes, where... + Full Story
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