Lucas Foglia

Lucas Foglia (American, b. 1983)Beneath the Surface of the Vaughan Lewis Glacier, Alaska 2016 Archival pigment print 9 x 12 inch image on 11 x 14 inch paper Signed edition of 30 Lucas Foglia’s project Human Nature (2006-17) reflects the artist’s interest in the impact of humans on the natural world and the ways we have altered the seemingly unalterable. Examining a broad range of themes, from the scientific realities of climate change to poetic longing for the outdoors, the images are nuanced explorations of the forces—internal and external—that both pit us against and bring us closer to nature. This image depicts the Juneau Icefield Research Program in Alaska, which employs scientists and students in a long-term study of the Vaughan Lewis Glacier. The program has determined that at the current rate of climatic warming, this glacier will not exist by the year 2200. Foglia’s work is in the permanent collections of the Denver Art Museum; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Philadelphia