Entry 1qaFQc1-JUamQ2HMzRpKdw
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- Title
- Last Harvest in Sad Waters
- Medium
- Acrylic on canvas
- Artwork Value
- $1000
- Size
- Framed - Height 745mm - Width 595mm
- Description
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The artwork depicts a scene of sorrow. A central figure, who possesses an ambiguous character: a whaler, Tangaroa god of the sea or Charon the ferryman, stands knee-deep at the water's edge gently holding a chain in his hand. This chain is attached to a harpoon protruding from the carcass of a blue whale that bleeds into the ocean. A fisherman's skiff floats lazily in the distance. The image has a timeless quality, representing Taranaki's long relationship with the ocean; from the original Maori inhabitants who fished these waters for centuries, the European whalers who arrived in the 19th century, and the International fisheries that now exploit its diminishing resources. The eroded steps in the foreground invite us to enter into the scene, we have been partially responsible for this sorrow but we can also be a part of the solution.
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