Description
The fascination of the ocean through 150 artworks from 16th century to the present The Atlantic Ocean. Art, Myths, Science presents around 150 artworks spanning from the 16th century and until today, which offers unique visions of the North Atlantic Ocean and of how its cold, dark waters have shaped human practices, lives, and longings over centuries. Mirroring the flow of the oceans, the book highlights the coexistence of species, cultures, and stories. Romantic paintings of stormy seas or ship_x0002_wrecks by artists such as J.M.W. Turner, Peder Balke, J C Dahl, and John Constable, whose work has influenced the collective imagination, are interspersed with more modern outlooks, including vitalist bathing scenes by Edvard Munch and Anna-Eva Bergmans abstract geometric compositions of the coastal landscapes of Northern Norway. Vintage maps from late 15001700s that combines accurately drawn coast_x0002_lines with fantastical creatures, are interlaced with contemporary works, including Allan Sekulas seminal photographic documentation of globalized trade and precari_x0002_ous labor at sea in Fish Story (1988-95) and video installations by artists such as Sondra Perry and Joar Nango, the latter featuring a projection screen constructed of halibut stomachs; the artists contemporary interpretation of the older Sea-Smi practice of constructing windows of this material.
