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MK - 18
Artist:» Scott Holladay
steel, bronze, cast iron
The R/V Sikuliaq bring opportunities for discovery and exploration of both the Arctic and more temperate marine regions. This sculpture is an underwater seascape depicting a small diversity of Arctic fishes and other sea life being researched by scientists at UAF. The animals include both fanciful and realistic depiction of fishes, jellyfish, barnacles, and sea stars.
Left Behind
Artist:» Terrie Berrie
bronze, cast iron, cement, steel
This piece shows that normal objects, when left behind in the ocean, can create a different kind of beauty. I have included sea life, a bronze jellyfish and sea star, along with other objects. Some pieces include a patina, to add more color.
Transparent Ecosystems
Artists:» Wendy Croskrey, Dinah Jelinek, and Heather Brice
cast and fabricated aluminum, acrylic, and resin
This sculpture is a representation of the different habitats that could be studied in the Arctic, ranging from the sea ice surface to thousands of meters below on the seafloor. An examination of the changing relationships among the algae, plankton, and whales, and how these changes might impact terrestrial animals, such as caribou, foxes, walrus and seals, along with the effects of human exploration, is the inspiration for this work.
These previously inaccessible regions are represented through frozen moments in time.» The transparent layers of imagery are meant to convey water, ice, and to some extent, microscope slides.»
Day Lights
Artist: Christina Drumhiller
polished steel
This sculptural reference to the Northern Lights (a.k.a. the aurora borealis) is made of polished mild steel, baked at various temperatures to achieve the colors of the aurora.
Talauti
Artist:» Jon Bohning
bronze, copper, wood, steel
In Inupiaq, Talauti means “to bring ashore,” which to me is the main goal of the Sikuliaq’s journey. I have included my interpretation of spears used by Native Alaskans of the northern regions to support a continuous ring of polar bear footprints. This represents a cycle of life that has certainly diminished over time. In an age of technology and what it is capable of, I hope to evoke an admiration for what was possible in an age deprived of all we take for granted.
Walrus, Momma Polar Bear, Young Polar Bear, and Ringed Seal
Artist: Todd Sherman
plywood, paint
The similarities and contradictions I see between our human-made world and the natural one are numerous and offer a multitude of possibilities for exploration. I am attracted to our wildlife as beings and symbols of another aspect of our world, one from which we are drifting further away. For these works, I have selected creatures that the Sikuliaq might encounter while sailing the Bering and Chukchi Seas.
The majority of my recent works are cut-outs. They are an avenue I find exciting and liberating. These simple three-dimensional versions, just barely, of my paintings and drawings are separated from the conventional rectangular format. The cut-out shapes jut into our space. They stare back at us. The subjects are symbols of the wild, flat as they are. Like a museum diorama, they evoke some notions of another world without letting us feel or breathe in the same real space that the creatures inhabit.