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Poison Cove

Artist Kristine Potter (American, born 1977)
Date2017; printed 2024
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 39 7/8 × 49 7/8 inches (101.28 × 126.68 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2024.36.3
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil.
InscribedOn sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: ""Poison Cove" 2017 1 of 7"
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 1/7 + 2 A.P.s
On View
Not on view
Gallery Location
  • L11
Collections
DescriptionImage of a lake with the surrounding trees reflected in the water; small concentric rings appear in the lower left corner.Gallery Label

Kristine Potter grew up in central Georgia, near a place called Murder Creek. “I always wondered, why do we call it that?” she recalls. “What kind of energy exists down there?”

The idea that the South might have a dark energy stayed with her: “Statistically speaking, the American South is the most violent area of America. There are a lot of ideas about why this might be true. But another question might be, is there an energy of place, and does it affect us in that way? It’s not a question I can answer. It’s just a question I can pose.”

Provenance
Sasha Wolf Gallery, New York, NY, 2024;
Purchased by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2024.
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