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Dangerous beauty: Downtown gallery exhibit examines political and ecological influences
Swan Song, an exhibit at downtown art gallery River House Arts, examines the 65th anniversary of the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, which opened the Great Lakes to ocean-going freighters and ships. But there was a dark side to the explosion of commerce. The St. Lawrence Seaway opening, which was authorized by Queen Elizabeth II in 1959, opened up the Great Lakes in several ways both good and bad, the gallery, located at 425 Jefferson Ave., said. “It ... opened up the Great Lakes to ecologically disastrous invasive species, including the mute swan, which is a recurring figure of the exhibition. both aesthetically and metaphorically,” the gallery said in a statement. “The swan itself is a graceful creature and archetype, holding multiple meanings handed down through centuries and across different cultures. In Greek mythology, the silent swan sings a beautiful song just before death.”
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