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 revision 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...
by Patricia Watts | Jun 1, 2011 | 3, Commentary, Magazine, Reviews
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 Garden (Taipei...
by Anke Mellin | Nov 11, 2010 | 2, Commentary, Magazine, Reviews
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 of Seoul. Yatoo...
by Sharon Siskin | Apr 21, 2010 | 1, Commentary, Magazine, Reviews
human/nature: ARTISTS RESPOND TO A CHANGING PLANET Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California. April 1, 2009-September 27, 2009 ARTISTS: Mark Dion, Ann Hamilton, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Marcos Ramirez Erre, Rigo 23, Dario Robleto, Diana Thater, Xu Bing. CAN ARTISTS...