Suzanne McClelland
PASSAGES: 4 Rivers- River Nile in Blues, 2021
Polymer, graphite and oil on linen
102 x 102 inches
259.1 x 259.1 cm
259.1 x 259.1 cm
SMC.18743
© Suzanne McClelland
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In this body of work, McClelland explores trade and commerce by way of their geographic origin in rivers. Attributing colors to major rivers – The River Nile in Blues –...
In this body of work, McClelland explores trade and commerce by way of their geographic origin in rivers. Attributing colors to major rivers – The River Nile in Blues – McClelland emphasizes the influence climate and landscape have on the economic and social fabric of our culture. Rivers have played a pivotal role in the history of humanity, from the birth of civilization along their shores to the development of global trading lanes and hubs around their estuaries. The physical movement of these goods, currencies, and people through something so transient as water relates to McClelland’s past work of representing linguistic and physical expressions between bodies. Inspired by the seeming impossibility of capturing a river visually, similar to the impossibility of capturing a spoken word or a sound, the artist examines the many ways to measure a meandering form.