Born: 1954, Chile
Died: NA
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
The following is republished from the National Gallery of Art (US). This piece falls under under public domain, as copyright does not apply to “any work of the U.S. Government” where “a work prepared by an officer or employee of the U.S. Government as part of that person’s official duties” (See, 17 U.S.C. §§ 101, 105).
The Chilean-born, Baltimore-based artist Soledad Salamé traveled to Louisiana in 2010. Salamé went to document the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the largest marine oil spill in history.
To make her Gulf Distortion series, Salamé faxed photographs she had taken in Louisiana to herself. She then distorted the images, making them look eerie and pixelated. Salamé printed the work on mylar plastic film with an ink that shimmers like oil on water.