by Patricia Watts | Jan 1, 2012 | 4, Commentary, Magazine, Reviews
INTRODUCTION WHEN ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THROUGH artistic practice, contemporary artists often find themselves in the role of educator, leader, and performer. Leading by example, they go out in the world and create works that remediate or revise sites,...
by Nanette Yannuzzi Macias | Jan 1, 2012 | 4, Commentary, Magazine, Reviews
SISH-KEBAP, Eden Ünlüata, installation, 2010. EDITOR’S NOTE In 2010, artists Nanette Yannuzzi and Arzu Ozkal brought ecoart by thirteen contemporary Turkish activist artists to America. The collaborative exhibit, RELIEF VALVE/SUBAP, was installed in a...
by Patricia Watts | Jun 1, 2011 | 3, Commentary, Magazine, Reviews
Location: US, Taiwan AUTHOR’S NOTE: From the exhibition catalogue, Going Green, sponsored by the Taipei Cultural Center, New York City, and funded by the Council for Cultural Affairs, Taiwan. The exhibition opened in New York on July 9, 2010, at Queens Botanical...
by Anke Mellin | Nov 11, 2010 | 2, Commentary, Magazine, Reviews
Location: Gongju, South Korea I. HISTORY Geumgang Nature Art Biennale WAS FIRST HELD IN 2004 and again in 2006 and 2008. This year, 2010, it is titled Nature and Peace. Yatoo was founded almost 30 years ago in Gongju, in the Chungnam Province, 150 km south-west...
by Sharon Siskin | Apr 21, 2010 | 1, Commentary, Magazine, Reviews
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California. April 1 to September 27, 2009 ARTISTS: Mark Dion, Ann Hamilton, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Marcos Ramirez Erre, Rigo 23, Dario Robleto, Diana Thater, Xu Bing. CAN ARTISTS INSPIRE CONSERVATION? CAN CONSERVATION INSPIRE ARTISTS?...
