Soledad Salamé
Study Shows Climate Mass Migration

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Study Shows Climate Mass Migration
Overall recto.
ArtistChilean, born 1954
CultureChilean
Titles
  • Study Shows Climate Mass Migration
  • from the series Newspaper, Almost Transparent
Date2019
MediumEngraved and sandblasted folded glass with articulated shadow projection print, edition 1/2
Dimensions14 1/4 × 16 15/16 × 1 in. (36.2 × 43.1 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Sue Payne
Object number2023.202.A-.C
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Department
Latin American Art
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; (Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, Maryland); purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistorySoledad Salamé, We the Migrants: Flooding Fleeing. Goya Contemporary Gallery, Baltimore, September 15 – October 26, 2019.

Soledad Salamé: Forced by Nature. TransArt Foundation for Art and Anthropology, Houston, September 17, 2021 – March 27, 2022.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Front: Newspaper headline engraved, upper center and bottom center: NexusMedia / Study Showes Climate Change Is / Fueling Conflict and Mass Migration / A family gathers sticks and branches for firewood and protection on the outskirts of / Dadaab, Kenya, where drought has driven refugees to flee, 2011. Source: Oxfam
Back: Signature and dated engraved, bottom right corner: Soledad Salamé [cursive] / 2019
Back: Signature and date engraved, bottom right corner: Soledad Salamé [cursive] / 2019
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