"In the paintings where it's there—the tenderness—I work for it. I'm not afraid of it. If I could put my bleeding heart in there, I would."
"Revival Field" (1991)
"Revival Field," 1991
Pig’s Eye Landfill, St. Paul, Minnesota
Photo documentation of the first harvest on a State Priority Superfund Site
Courtesy the Artist
Pig’s Eye Landfill, St. Paul, Minnesota
Photo documentation of the first harvest on a State Priority Superfund Site
Courtesy the Artist
"We live in a world of pollution with heavy metals saturating the soil, where there is no solution to that. If that (pollution) could be carved away, and life could return to that soil, then a diverse and ecologically balanced life, then that is a wonderful sculpture."
- Mel Chin
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