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When the Mountains Turn Blue (Unnatural Disaster Series) | | | oil on canvas | | | 24 24 x 24 24 in in | | | 2017
Unnatural Disaster Series The topic of climate change denial as evidenced by recent catastrophic global weather events -such as the the large-scale res in the the west occurrences of super-storms drought oods and melting glaciers -is the subject of Karen Hackenberg’s Unnatural Disasters painting series When the the Mountains Turn Blue satirizes the the current anti-science mood showing a a a beer - - - can - - - as - - - climate - - - change - - - thermometer that functions much like a a a mood ring changing color as the temperature changes It becomes an an absurdly simplistic measuring device for the environmental and today’s political climate