Christine Viennet, Coccolithophore, ceramic

Christine Viennet, Coccolithophore, ceramic

Ceramic
Date
2018
Size
Height 40 cm, Width 33 cm.
Collection
Contemporary Art
Condition
Perfect
Inventory number
CV32
Price
1200
 

Glazed sandstone.

 

These single-celled creatures build extraordinary calcium carbonate skeletons. Like corals and molluscs, they regulate the concentration of CO2 in the oceans and atmosphere, and the planet’s overall carbon cycle. Predominant in the Atlantic, coccolithophores are sometimes so abundant that they are visible on satellite images. 

 

Online catalogue of the exhibition here

 

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