‘Eco’ awareness has had an enormous impact across all cultural and political spectrums, not least in the art world. This accessible and thought-provoking book is the first in-depth exploration of the ways in which contemporary artists are confronting nature, the environment, climate change and ecology. Organized into six chapters, the book moves through the various levels of artists’ engagement, from those who act as independent commentators, documenting and reflecting on nature, to those who use the physical environment as the raw material for their art, and those committed activists who set out to make art that transforms both our attitudes and our habits. More than 300 illustrations feature the work of 95 artists and art collectives from all over the world, including The Artist as Family, Nyaba Leon Ouedraogo, Yao Lu, Tue Greenfort, Eva Jospin, Ravi Agarwal, Nadav Kander, Naoya Hatakeyama, Tattfoo Tan, Berndnaut Smilde, Simon Starling, and Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla.
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Eco awareness has had an enormous impact across all cultural and political spectrums, not least in the art world. This book presents an exploration of the ways in which contemporary artists are confronting nature, the environment, climate change and ecology.
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Introduction • 1. Re/View • 2. Re/Form • 3. Re/Search • 4. Re/Use • 5. Re/Create • 6. Re/Act
'The sheer diversity of the resulting work is impressive … genuinely global' - The Art Newspaper
Explores contemporary art that uses nature, ecology and the environment as a central theme

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780500239162
Publisert
2014-05-05
Utgiver
Vendor
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Vekt
1380 gr
Høyde
265 mm
Bredde
220 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
256

Forfatter

Biographical note

Andrew Brown is a specialist in modern and contemporary art, and a former strategy officer for the visual arts at Arts Council England.