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| Dories on the Line, 16" x 26", serigraph, Steven Rhude |
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| I’ve
looked at this print over the years and still see something different
in it each time. It is one of the most simple, yet problematic things
I’ve ever done.
At first there was some humor in the idea that as a motif it is highly
unrealistic – that is, no clothes line could support a dory, or three
for that matter. Then I construed the idea that boats are not toys and
the fisheries is no laughing matter. Livelihoods are at stake and a
culture is emphasized in its most vulnerable and fundamental state.
Eventually I've come to see and conclude that this is a political print in that
there always has, and probably will always be, something about the Maritimes that
is “Hung out to Dry”.
I need not look any further than our recent film industry debacle to see
this print still has yet to reach its political conclusion. | |
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Steven Rhude, Wolfville, NS.
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