MacArthur Foundation genius Teresita Fernández (American b. 1968, lives Brooklyn) is known for her luminous works that poetically evoke the landscape while also referencing the sociopolitical and historical colonial violence embedded in our ideas of place. Dark Earth features an immersive, panoramic charcoal wall drawing that encompasses golden, reflective panels that delve into the buried, layered, and often omitted social history that continues to shape our present-day perceptions of the people and places around us. The artist’s deliberate use of materials reveals the fluctuation of power that surrounds natural resources.