Zaria Forman
Greenland: Chasing the Light .
![]() In August 2012, I led an Arctic expedition up the NW coast of Greenland. Called "Chasing the Light", it was the second expedition the mission of which was to create art inspired by this dramatic geography. The first, in 1869, was led by the American painter William Bradford.My mother, Rena Bass Forman, had conceived the idea for the voyage, but did not live to see it through. During the months of her illness her dedication to the expedition never wavered and I promised to carry out her final journey.
These drawings were inspired by this trip. Documenting climate change, the work addresses the concept of saying goodbye on scales both global and personal. In Greenland,I scattered my mother’s ashes amidst the melting ice.I am deeply grateful for the team of talented artists and scholars and the Wanderbird captains and crew for helping me carry out my mother's wishes and realize her dream.
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2012年8月,我率领的北极科考了格陵兰岛的西北海岸。所谓的“追光” ,这是第二次远征任务,其中是创造艺术灵感这个戏剧性的地理位置。首先,在1869年,率领由美国画家威廉·布拉德福德。我的母亲,瑞纳低音福尔曼,曾构思的想法航程,但没有活过才能看到它。在她患病期间的几个月她奉献给科考从来没有动摇过,我答应履行她最后一程。
这些图纸是由这次旅行的灵感。记录气候变化的工作解决了说再见的尺度全局和个人的概念。在格陵兰岛,我散我母亲的骨灰在一片冰雪融化。
我深深地感谢有才华的艺术家,学者和Wanderbird船长和船员的帮助我完成我母亲的意愿的团队,实现了她的梦想。
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About Zaria Forman
The inspiration for my drawings began in early childhood when I traveled with my family throughout several of the world's most remote landscapes, which were the subject of my mother's fine art photography. After my formal training at Skidmore college I now exhibit extensively in galleries and venues throughout the United States and overseas.
In addition to exhibitions, recent projects include a series of drawings that served as the set design for the classic ballet Giselle, which premiered in October 2012 at the Grand Theatre of Geneva, Switzerland (see drawings and performance photos here). Ten of my drawings were also used in the set design for House of Cards, a Netflix TV series directed by David Fincher and starring Kevin Spacey.
In August 2012 I led Chasing the Light, an expedition sailing up the NW coast of Greenland, retracing the 1869 journey of American painter William Bradford and documenting the rapidly changing arctic landscape. Continuing to address climate change in my work, I spent September 2013 in the Maldives, the lowest-lying country in the world, and arguably the most vulnerable to rising sea levels.
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