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Three Mile Island Three Years Later
1983
Not on view
Environmental concerns contemporary with the print are at the heart of this composition. In 1979, nuclear radiation was accidentally released at Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Throughout the composition Wiley incorporates symbols and props such as an hourglass, infinity symbol, and stopwatch that refer to the passage of time. With a playing card and yin/yang symbol, he also hints at the element of chance that accompanies all human interaction with the natural world, particularly the unknown consequences of accidents upon the environment that only the passage of time will reveal.
- Artist
- William T. Wiley
- Printer
- Landfall Press, Inc.
- Title
- Three Mile Island Three Years Later
- Date
- 1983
- Object Type
- Medium
- color lithograph on Rives BFK paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 904 x 600 mm (35 9/16 x 23 5/8 in.); Sheet: 965 x 686 mm (38 x 27 in.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Artist
- Accession Number
- 1983.1.44