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Installation by Dawn DeDeaux, Gulf to Galaxy, two tons of shattered glass composed for a floor installation, first created in 2006; recreated for Transart Foundation for Art and Anthropology, 2021 (shown, two views,). The installation illustrates a mid-career stage of Dawn DeDeaux's work extending from the mid-1990s into the 2000s: her environmentally focused art exploring themes of survival, disaster, extinction and escape, much of it in the wake of Hurricane Katrina's impact on her native New Orleans. In the case of this work—created in multiple installations—she recreated the sparkling, sea-like effect of the shattered glass she encountered at her parents' damaged beach home, hand-throwing glass into spiral forms of hurricanes and galaxies, illuminated from below. This work and similar works were publicly exhibited in prominent venues, discussed in major art journals and daily press publications, and commissioned by arts institutions.

Dawn DeDeaux. Copyright held by the artist.

Dawn DeDeaux

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating a mid-career stage of Dawn DeDeaux's work extending from the mid-1990s into the 2000s, when she focused on environmental themes of survival, disaster, extinction and escape—particularly after Hurricane Katrina hit her native New Orleans. This work included multimedia video installations, and sculpture and installations often creating out of damaged plywood, burned timbers, shattered glass, salvaged storm culverts, and other debris. Because the article is about an artist and her work, the omission of the image would significantly limit a reader's understanding and ability to visualize this key developmental in her work, which brought widespread recognition through exhibitions in major venues, coverage by major critics in publications, and museum commissions. DeDeaux's work of this type and this work is discussed in the article and by critics cited in the article.

There is no free equivalent of this or any other of this series by Dawn DeDeaux, and the work no longer exists in this form, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image.

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