Soledad Salamé
Study Shows Climate Mass Migration

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Artist Soledad Salamé(Chilean, born 1954)Chilean, 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

GLASS

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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