Environmental Force: On abstraction and the nature of survival
Letita Pratt, Associate Curator • Mar 27, 2024
“In the piece, environments overlap in energetic combustion: the blue of the sea, the white of the clouds, the green of the trees all bounce around and move through each other within the frame.”
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"Environmental Force" (2005), Kendal Hanna, 47" x 35". The National Collection.
Between the years of 2004 and 2005, The Bahamas was hit by three devastating hurricanes: the subsequent destructions of the twin storms Frances and Jeanne in late 2004, and then almost a year later, Hurricane Wilma in 2005.