'Negi Raalhu'
by Nur Danya Shamun
Mixed media on cardboard
Exhibited at the Unveiling Visions Art Exhibition 2020
The National Art Gallery, Male', Maldives
From a global temperature rise to sea level rise and adverse changes to climate, from dumping of plastic to the suffocation and subsequent extinction of species, the impacts of human-induced warming are being felt all over the world. “Negi Raalhu” depicts the effects of climate change that would invariably be catastrophic for low lying, developing countries like the Maldives.
With the words “Adiah Dhandhen Madeh Nukureveyne!”, washed behind a wave of history and heritage, traditions and craftwork, and daily aspects of the Maldivian household and walk of life, the artwork highlights that we cannot afford to wait idly by while we get increasingly inundated and eventually submerge completely. We must adequately prepare to meet the uncertain future. We must act. Now.
