To life! : eco art in pursuit of a sustainable planet / Linda Weintraub.
By: Weintraub, Linda [author]
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BookSeries: Ahmanson Murphy fine arts imprint: Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: xxxv, 340 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780520273627 (paperback); 0520273621; 9780520273610 (hardback); 0520273613 (hardback).Subject(s): Ecology in art | Environmental protection in art | Environment (Art) | Art, Modern -- 20th century | Art, Modern -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 701.08 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 701.08 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 23/02/2024 | 00231500 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
To Life! Eco Art in Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet documents the burgeoning eco art movement from A to Z, presenting a panorama of artistic responses to environmental concerns, from Ant Farm_s anti-consumer antics in the 1970s to Marina Zurkow_s 2007 animation that anticipates the havoc wreaked upon the planet by global warming. This text is the first international survey of twentieth and twenty-first-century artists who are transforming the global challenges facing humanity and the Earth_s diverse living systems. Their pioneering explorations are situated at today_s cultural, scientific, economic, spiritual, and ethical frontiers. The text guides students of art, design, environmental studies, and interdisciplinary studies to integrate environmental awareness, responsibility, and activism into their professional and personal lives.
"Ahmanson-Murphy fine arts imprint".
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Art genres -- Art strategies -- Eco issues -- Eco approaches -- Art: artistic infrastructure. Introduction -- Eco art is -- Eco art is not -- Eco: ecological operatives. Introduction -- Eco art themes -- Eco art aesthetics -- Eco art materials -- Twentieth-century eco art pioneers. Ant Farm (USA) : conspicuous consumption -- Herbert Bayer (Austria) : watershed management and beautification -- Joseph Beuys (Germany) : energy generation as social sculpture -- Hans Haacke (Germany) : ecological/political/cultural systems -- Helen and Newton Harrison (USA) : strategies to sustain life -- Friedensreich Hundertwasser (Austria) : built environments as living systems -- Allan Kaprow (USA) : performing a river -- Frans Krajcberg (Poland) : integral naturalism -- Mario Merz (Italy) : template of life and dynamism -- Carolee Schneemann (USA) : primal immersions -- Bonnie Ora Sherk (USA) : urban oasis -- Alan Sonfist (USA) : preservation of living systems -- Mierle Laderman Ukeles (USA) : honoring maintenance -- Twenty-first-century eco art explorers. Brandon Ballengée (USA) : species reclamation -- The Beehive Design Collective (USA) : the true cost of coal -- Mel Chin (USA) : soil remediation -- Chu Yun (China) : planned obsolescence -- Critical Art Ensemble (USA) : contestational biology -- Fernando García-Dory (Spain) : neo-pastoralism -- Bright Ugochukwu Eke (Nigeria) : acid rain check -- Nicole Fournier (Canada) : poly agriculture -- Amy Franceschini (USA) : do-it-yourself energy generation -- Gelitin (Austria) : one with nature -- Andy Goldsworthy (UK) : anthropocentric/ecocentric beauty -- Andy Gracie (UK) : bioelectronics -- Tue Greenfort (Denmark) : salvation through conservation -- Terike Haapoja (Finland) : cross-species affinity -- HeHe (UK and Germany) : air pollutants -- Natalie Jeremijenko (Australia) : citizen ecologists -- Yun-Fei Ji (China) : failings of an engineering triumph -- Eduardo Kac (Brazil) : painting with life -- Jae Rhim Lee (South Korea) : cultivating the human body -- Maya Lin (USA) : the sixth extinction -- Michael Mandiberg (USA) : tactical media campaign -- Viet Ngo (Vietnam) : corporate-scale eco art -- Marjetica Potrč (Slovenia) : DIY renewal for slums and condos -- Red Earth (UK) : deep time -- Pedro Reyes (Mexico) : pistols into spades -- Tomás Saraceno (Argentina) : sun/wind/flower power -- Simon Starling (UK) : energy foibles and follies -- Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger (Switzerland) : twin perils--excess and scarcity -- Tavares Strachan (Bahamas) : prepping for global warming -- SUPERFLEX (Denmark) : toolbox for social justice -- Reverend Billy Talen (USA) : stop shopping gospel -- Tissue Culture & Art Project (Finland and UK) : victimless leather and meat -- Lily Yeh (China) : holistic healing and renewal -- Marina Zurkow (USA) : turf wars and global warming.
"To Life! Eco Art in Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet documents the burgeoning eco art movement from A to Z, presenting a panorama of artistic responses to environmental concerns, from Ant Farm's anti-consumer antics in the 1970s to Marina Zurkow's 2007 animation that anticipates the havoc wreaked upon the planet by global warming. This text is the first international survey of twentieth and twenty-first-century artists who are transforming the global challenges facing humanity and the Earth's diverse living systems. Their pioneering explorations are situated at today's cultural, scientific, economic, spiritual, and ethical frontiers. The text guides students of art, design, environmental studies, and interdisciplinary studies to integrate environmental awareness, responsibility, and activism into their professional and personal lives." - publisher's description.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Online Auxiliaries for Instructors and Students (p. ix)
- Acknowledgments (p. xi)
- Preface (p. xiii)
- Schematics/Indexes/Glossaries
- Art Genres (p. xviii)
- Art Strategies (p. xxii)
- Eco Issues (p. xxvi)
- Eco Approaches (p. xxxii)
- Art: Artistic Infrastructure
- Introduction (p. 3)
- Eco Art Is (p. 5)
- Eco Art Is Not (p. 9)
- Eco: Ecological Operatives
- Introduction (p. 19)
- Eco Art Themes (p. 21)
- Eco Art Aesthetics (p. 33)
- Eco Art Materials (p. 43)
- Twentieth-Century Eco Art Pioneers
- Conspicuous Consumption (p. 53)
- Watershed Management and Beautification (p. 58)
- Energy Generation as Social Sculpture (p. 64)
- Ecological/Political/Cultural Systems (p. 69)
- Strategies to Sustain Life (p. 74)
- Built Environments as Living Systems (p. 81)
- Performing a River (p. 87)
- Integral Naturalism (p. 93)
- Template of Life and Dynamism (p. 97)
- Primal Immersions (p. 101)
- Urban Oasis (p. 105)
- Preservation of Living Systems (p. 111)
- Honoring Maintenance (p. 116)
- Twenty-First-Century Eco Art Explorers
- Species Reclamation (p. 123)
- The True Cost of Coal (p. 129)
- Soil Remediation (p. 135)
- Planned Obsolescence (p. 142)
- Contestational Biology (p. 147)
- Neo-Pastoralism (p. 153)
- Acid Rain Check (p. 160)
- Poly Agriculture (p. 165)
- Do-It-Yourself Energy Generation (p. 171)
- One with Nature (p. 177)
- Anthropocentric/Ecocentric Beauty (p. 183)
- Bioelectronics (p. 189)
- Salvation through Conservation (p. 194)
- Cross-Species Affinity (p. 200)
- Air Pollutants (p. 205)
- Citizen Ecologists (p. 210)
- Failings of an Engineering Triumph (p. 216)
- Painting with Life (p. 221)
- Cultivating the Human Body (p. 226)
- The Sixth Extinction (p. 230)
- Tactical Media Campaign (p. 237)
- Corporate-Scale Eco Art (p. 243)
- DIY Renewal for Slums and Condos (p. 247)
- Deep Time (p. 253)
- Pistols into Spades (p. 259)
- Sun/Wind/Flower Power (p. 265)
- Energy Foibles and Follies (p. 270)
- Twin Perils-Excess and Scarcity (p. 277)
- Prepping for Global Warming (p. 283)
- Toolbox for Social Justice (p. 289)
- Stop Shopping Gospel (p. 295)
- Victimless Leather and Meat (p. 300)
- Holistic Healing and Renewal (p. 307)
- Turf Wars and Global Warming (p. 314)
- The Future (p. 319)
- Addendum; Personal Survey- What Do I Believe? (p. 321)
- Suggestions for Further Research (p. 323)
- Index (p. 333)