A landscape of coastal grassland or marsh.

Salt Marsh Refuge

Artist John Folsom (American, born 1967)

Date2016

Mediumarchival pigment print on board with oil and wax medium

Dimensions24 × 19 15/16 × 2 inches (61 × 50.6 × 5.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of John Folsom.

Object number2019.13

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Copyright© John Folsom. The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label Text'Salt Marsh Refuge' shows an area of the National Wildlife Refuge near Savannah, a protected environment that boasts 31,551 acres of freshwater marshes, rivers, creeks, and low-lying land, and an active habitat for wildlife. John Folsom complicates the atmospheric beauty of the Lowcountry landscape by incorporating a grid structure within the image. Created by digitally altering a photograph he has taken, cutting it into a grid, reassembling the work and painting on top with oils and wax, Folsom ultimately calls attention to the manmade constructions and interventions within the natural world. Text written for the exhibition Complex Uncertainties: Artists in Postwar America, Rotation 10, May 6, 2021-May 5, 2022.

Subject MatterNational Wildlife Refuge, Savannah, Georgia, United States of America

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