The Flood
Fall 2025
Greenville Center for Creative Art
Greenville, South Carolina
https://artcentergreenville.org
Melissa Haviland’s “The Flood” draws on the long history of “bluing,” a process in which blue dyes were added to paper and textiles to counteract yellowing, which improved the perceived quality of the material. From 15th-century European paper made from worn rags to the more modern blue-tinted laundry brighteners, bluing has long suggested improvement and value—even when it only disguised what may lie beneath.
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[Image: Melissa Haviland, The Flood (detail), 2024. Screenprint on Tyvek, varies—125 continuous feet.]
