Matt Magee
Water Margin, 2023
Two-color lithograph
24 1/4 x 18 3/4 in
61.6 x 47.6 cm
61.6 x 47.6 cm
Edition of 20
Copyright Matt Magee
Matt Magee: 'The drought has become so severe that the Bureau of Reclamation, an agency within the Interior Department, declared the first-ever water shortage for the Colorado River. The river...
Matt Magee: "The drought has become so severe that the Bureau of Reclamation, an agency within the Interior Department, declared the first-ever water shortage for the Colorado River. The river is the lifeblood of the south-west, supplying 40m people across seven states with water and hydropower. A patchwork of water rights, laws and litigation means that farmers in central Arizona will bear the brunt of the initial cuts."