Details

Title

Flooding on Island Road, View toward Isle de Jean Charles from Pointe-aux-Chenes, Louisiana

Artist/Maker

Kael Alford (American, born 1971)

Date

2008

Medium

Pigmented inkjet print

Dimensions

Contact the museum for more information

Credit

Commissioned with funds from Paul Hagedorn, Phyllis and Sidney Rodbell, and the H. B. and Doris Massey Charitable Trust

Accession #

2012.26.25

On View

Currently not on view

This two-mile-long crumbling road connects Isle de Jean Charles and Pointe aux Chênes. Instead of open water on either side of the road, it was originally flanked by marshland full of land animals such as muskrats, otter, mink, and even deer. It had been subject to consistent erosion at the time, but more recent, rapid coastal erosion and management projects to levee and protect what little land remains have left nothing but water here. The road regularly washes out and prohibits access between the communities.

Image Copyright

© Kael Alford.