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Save The Earth

Artists respond to the climate crisis



Jenna Lash


Hawksbill Sea Turtle, Cayman Islands 5 Dollar Bill, Endangered Species Series, Acrylic On Canvas, 20” Round



Tanzanian Giraffe, Tanzanian 500 Shilling Note, Endangered Species Series, Acrylic On Canvas, 40” x 30”



    "Jenna Lash’s art focuses on the highly charged iconography of global currency. Lash’s painted images, sourced from international currency, explore the philosophical and political ideas of how value is assigned and how that may become a reflection of worth. In Lash’s Endangered Species series, she varies her use of images as a metaphor to provide a visual framework focused on the environment. Her re-interpreted image of the Tanzanian Giraffe, which is on the Tanzanian Five Hundred Shilling Note, and that of the Hawksbill Sea Turtle on the Cayman Islands Five Dollar Bill, posit her concern about our potentially endangered environment. Lash’s work encourages the viewer to reflect on similarities and differences, as well as connections and conflicting perspectives, concerning all of our planetary species. Today’s global culture, represented here through the prism of Lash’s money-art, emphasizes humanity’s challenge to live and work together yet not destroy the earth’s resources that support us. "


Jenna Lash
Website: https://www.jennalashstudio.com 

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