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Reimagining the Arctic Tern
December 31, 2015 —
In Edel Rodriguez's replica, icy blank space takes a seabird's place.
Edel Rodriguez is a Cuban American artist whose bold, figurative works are an examination of identity, cultural displacement, and mortality. His artwork is in the collections of a variety of institutions, including the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C., as well as in numerous private collections.