Terraqueous Division (Subterranean series)

Kenneth Nack

The chaotic background of Nack’s “Terraqueous…” is tempered by a delicate web of pale forms strung across the composition, bringing to mind both the diaphanous bodies of jellyfish and glinting constellations.

The word terraqueous means composed of earth of water, and can imply the unstable nature of a seemingly solid object or theory. Nack’s work often explores the ways in which an objection or a scene can be suspended between stable and wavering; this one portrays such a state with a sharp beauty.