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TRASHING UP NORTH
November 1, 2013 by Brad McKee
Over at Washington City Paper, Kriston Capps has a terrific profile(http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/45007/the-gas-menagerie) of the artist Mia Feuerand the making of her new show, Mia Feuer: An Unkindness, which opens tomorrow at the CorcoranGallery of Art in Washington. Feuer makes art inspired by the ruined landscapes of oil productionshe has visited around Alberta’s tar sands and mining sites in the Arctic. Among the installations is askating rink built with petroleum products, on which one visitor at a time can skate. “I always in theback of my mind assumed that somebody somewhere was cleaning this up. I just always thoughtsomeone had a plan,” Feuer says.
Mia Feuer: An Unkindness runs through February 23, 2014, at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Severalpublic programs are scheduled. More information at the Corcoran’s website(http://www.corcoran.org/exhibitions/mia-feuer-unkindness).
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(http://landscapearchitecturemag.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/mia_feuer-4.jpg)Mia Feuer in her petroleum skating rink at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Photo: DarrowMontgomery/Washington City Paper
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(http://landscapearchitecturemag.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/gokateshoot-3735.jpg)Dog Sled, 2013Arctic Sea trash and tar paper found in an abandoned coal mine in Longyearbyen, Norway7 x 2 5/6 x 2 1/2 feet. Photo: Kate Warren/GoKateShoot
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(http://landscapearchitecturemag.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/feuer-12.jpg)Arctic landscape, Longyearbyen. Photo: Mia Feuer, courtesy of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
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(http://landscapearchitecturemag.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/gokateshoot-3724.jpg)Boreal, 2013.Timber, Styrofoam, steel, feathers, tar, black enamel, aircraft cable, and blue lightDimensions variable, approximately 16 x 24 x 20 feet. Photo: Kate Warren/GoKateShoot
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ellen beckone role of government can be to require clean-up by the profit-makers….if we choose topay for government.
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