2020.42.5
Svalbard Iceberg #27
Artist
Shoshannah White
(1970 – )
Title
Svalbard Iceberg #27
Creation Date
2015 (printed 2020)
Century
early 21st century
Dimensions
24 x 24 in. (60.96 x 60.96 cm)
Classification
Photographs
Creation Place
North America, United States
Medium and Support
photographic pigment print on panel with beeswax, resin, oil paint, metal dust, and gold and silver leaf
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Lloyd O. and Marjorie Strong Coulter Fund
Copyright
This artwork may be under copyright. For further information, please consult the Museum’s
Copyright Terms and Conditions.
Accession Number
2020.42.5
Portland-based artist Shoshannah White uses her practice to consider urgent environmental concerns. These photographs taken from the Arctic Circle explore the collective history that glacier ice holds and can reveal about environmental changes. White’s underwater photograph, Svalbard Iceberg #27, was taken during an artist residency in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago within the Arctic Circle. For the artist, her photographs of glacier ice captured not only its banal beauty, but the information hidden within its translucent layers. Contrasting with this exterior view, Barry Glacier Ice #2 and #5 highlight microscopic perspectives on her chosen subject. The photogram prints are made from glacier ice and reveal the material information obscured in Svalbard Iceberg #27. Together, these three photographs ("Barry Glacier Ice #2", "Barry Glacier Ice #5" and "Svalbard Iceberg #27"), provide us with a macro and micro-level investigation of the Artic and its environs and encourage us to consider humanity’s place and role in improving these conditions.
Object Description
Photograph: Underwater iceberg captured in Svalbard, Norway, with the Arctic Circle
