This gallery features the work of the three artists personally invited to participate in the Art of Energy Exhibition in February of 2021: Ed Kashi, Brook Peterson and Owen Logan. Our featured artists also gave interviews about their work. Find them on Youtube by following these links: Brook Peterson, Ed Kashi, and Owen Logan.
Curse of the Black Gold: Oil in the Niger Delta by Ed Kashi
The home of Papa Isamu lays sunken in sand since 2004, when the encroaching waters of the Niger Delta creeks eroded the unprotected shoreline. In this town of 20,000 located in the middle of the Delta, hundreds of homes have been lost to this same fate. The local residents are bitter about the lack of protection that the oil companies and government have provided for them, while the oil industry has been allowed to protect their facilities and to dredge the nearby waters, which has only exacerbated the problems of the local communities. Erosion is one of the main environmental impacts of the oil industry.
