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American
(1932–2022)
American
(1927–2018)
Fourth Lagoon Module: on Mapping, Mixing and Territory part 2
1977-1978
Collage on canvas
49.5 x 86.5 in. (125.73 x 219.71 cm)
Gift of the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation and the Kathryn C. Wanlass Foundation
2009.5.2
During a period when artists such as Robert Smithson, Walter de Maria, and Nancy Holt were creating what became known as land art, Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison were developing work that presciently went beyond land as canvas to address ecological issues of biodiversity and sustainability. Their Lagoon Cycle series intended to change the world through multileveled engagement with environmental communities. The Fourth Lagoon Module examined linkages between food production and watersheds within a lagoon ecosystem, and proposed to rehabilitate the environment through ecologically focused work. As a starting point, the Harrisons researched the estuarine crab Scylla serrata as a potential sustainable food source by determining the breeding necessities of these creatures.
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