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by Will Felix
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Shark Island - digital giclée canvas, 60w x 40h (152.4 x 101.6 cm), 2017. Part of the Afrika series. One original edition available for public sale;... more
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"Shark Island" - digital giclée canvas, 60"w x 40"h (152.4 x 101.6 cm), 2017. Part of the "Afrika" series. One original edition available for public sale; and one available for gallery/museum request.
In the late 19th Century, there was a land grab competition in the African continent, and Germany sought to make its colonial imprint in the Namibia region in Southwest Africa. The Herero people revolted against German rule, at one point killing over 100 German settlers. Reinforcements went sent and the Herero were vanquished. Guerrilla warfare ensued, and the German response was to ship the Herero, and the Nama people who also rebelled, to concentration camps. One of the worst was located on Shark Island, off the southern coast.
This coincided with the Eugenics movement in science, and German doctors committed atrocities on the island in their attempts to prove Aryan superiority.
The irony of using barbarity to support a disfavored science is what brought fort...
Will Felix was born in Brooklyn, NY. His art career developed in Orlando, FL, where his work has been on display in several venues, including the Orlando Museum of Art and City Hall. Subsequent moves to New York City in 2000 and Akron, OH in 2004 have provided varied influences and venues for his career. He now resides in Williamsburg, VA.
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