Can a thing be both cuddly and epic? So far, the A + E Conference is. For while the lecture hall at the Nevada Museum of Art is intimate, folks are friendly, and there’s that slight taste of eco-art kumbaya in the air, there’s some giant
|
Edward Burtynsky, Oil Fields #13, Taft, California, USA, 2002 Sze Tsung Leong, Beizhuanzi II, Siming District, Xiamen, 2004 ECOAESTHETIC and CONSUME June 18 – August 28, 2010 Opening Friday, June 18, 7-10pm NEW YORK – ECOAESTHETIC is the first exhibition Five media artists are on Midway Atoll near the apex of the North Pacific Gyre, a huge circular current in which vast quantities of floating plastic trash are trapped. Artists Chris Jordan, Bill Weaver, Jan Vozenilek, Victoria Sloan Jordan and Manuel Maqueda are exploring the beaches, shooting photographs and video, writing poetry, and 1. Rock Stackers. Your skills are amazing. You can stack rocks higher and prettier than I ever could. You’re even kinda like Andy Goldsworthy, yes, of course. And I’m sure the process is amazing for you, and that the stones talk to you, and you get that beautiful in-tune-with-nature hum. But I’ve see Artist and activist, Chris Jordan creates amazing images that portray America’s consumption. Chris’ hope is that his images will have a different effect than raw numbers alone. Since simple numbers no matter how large can be rather abstract it can be difficult to connect with ones impact. Whereas a visual representation of vast |
  Upcoming Events
|
 
 
|
|
Copyright © 2012 The Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts - All Rights Reserved |
||