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In Tatters (A botanical map after the fall of the empire)

By <a href="https://axisweb.org/artist/marciateusink" title="Marcia Teusink" class="inline font-bold underline transition-opacity duration-100 hover:opacity-50 focus:opacity-50"> Marcia Teusink </a> 2023

Photo courtesy of G. Benni

A large-scale drawing using bleach on tattered and worn found fabric.  This was made for a solo exhibition at Rome Botanical Gardens (Italy) and is based on an engraving from the 1850s showing the different regions of various plants/foodstuffs. Now, due to climate change, all of these zones are shifting and the produciton of crops is hugely imperilled due to unpredictable weather and weather events.

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