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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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| In: |
Worldviews
Year: 2015, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 34-50 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Water pollution
/ Handicap
/ Society
/ Environmental protection
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| IxTheo Classification: | NBE Anthropology NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics XA Law ZB Sociology |
| Further subjects: | B
Disability
Down Syndrome
water
ecology
precautionary principle
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | 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 |
| Contains: | In: Worldviews
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685357-01901003 |