Art on the Edge: Part II
From Extraction to Restoration and Regeneration Part II
October 9, 2021-January 9, 2022
Peninsula Museum of Art
The Shops at Tanforan, San Bruno, CA
Curatorial Statement:
Welcome to the second group show in our new space at Tanforan, presented in
collaboration with WEAD, (Women EcoArtists Dialog). Peninsula Museum of Art is
proud to present this special exhibition featuring 38 WEAD member artists, filling our space with art reflecting their reactions to the complex issues of Extraction and some alternatives to excessive consumption of Earth’s natural resources.
In these works we experience a wide palette of responses to the situation: an intimate examination of the immense beauty that surrounds us; rage, irony and dark humor in the face of abuse, an optimism that Nature will self-heal given the chance, humorous and serious suggestions for recycling of resources – and more. The artists’ concerns are expressed in an equally wide variety of media: from painting to photography, collage, assemblage, sculpture and small scale installations. We offer thanks to those whose work expresses such a strong commitment to the responsible use of the natural material which the Earth provides. It was a rewarding experience to be able to select pieces which most forcefully responded to the theme.
Climate change, directly linked to extraction, is a reality we are all experiencing first-hand. Peninsula Museum of Art strongly believes that art and artists have an important role to play in expressing the full range of human emotions prompted by these ongoing extreme weather emergencies. We hope this exhibition engages you to think about it in new, different and perhaps inspired ways. The show is a call to action as well as a deep reflection.
The extensive EXTRACTION project is being produced independently within at least 46 art spaces nationwide between 2019-2022, with the purpose of focusing awareness and action on the overuse of Earth’s resources and efforts to remediate – or change practices. For more details, please visit extractionart.org.
Collaboration with WEAD
- Christina Bertea
- Lorraine Bonner
- Alicia Escott
- Eliza Evans
- Julia Feldman
- Regina Gilligan
- Stephanie Garon
- Linda Gass
- Tanja Geis
- Amy Hibbs
- Betsy Jaeger
- Caroline Landau
- Margaret LeJeune
- Stacy Levy
- Toni Littlejohn
- Linda MacDonald
- Constance Merriman
- t.c. moore
- Bonnie Peterson
- Ann Schnake
- Pallavi Sharma
- Sharon Siskin
- Vickie Jo Sowell
- Lorna Stevens
- Ruth Tabancay
- Eliza Thomas
- Anna Vaughan
- Michele Waters
- Melissa West
- Tammy West
- Mary White