1992
backlit print on Plexiglas with fluorescent light
60 x 40 inches
The M&T Bank Collection at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, 1993
Heartland is just one of 61 works by former Western New York artists that have been added to the permanent collection of the Burchfield-Penney Art Center with funding from M&T Bank (as of 1993). This color print on Plexiglas by Curtis L. Cravens depicts three red buckets labeled “AIR RAID/USE ONLY/HANDS OFF: that are filled with murky contents that look like chest x-rays superimposed by maps of the Midwest. The image is an exploration of the issue of pollution in American farmland.