artist and works
This artist created "Land Mark (Foot Prints)" in 2002.
Who are Allora & Calzadilla?
This theme explores the relationships between humans and their land, focusing on usage and rights.
What is Land Use and Land Rights?
"Offshore Drilling," created in 1995, is a work by this artist.
Who is Noah Purifoy?
This major environmental event in 1969 helped raise awareness about ecological issues.
What is the Santa Barbara oil spill?
Are a collaborative duo known for their multimedia works that explore geopolitical and environmental issues. Their art often incorporates elements of sculpture, performance, and sound to provoke thought and dialogue.
Who are Allora and Calzadilla?
"The Fourth World" was created by this artist in 2012.
Who is Kent Monkman?
This term describes art that directly alters the landscape, rather than depicting it.
What is Earthworks?
This 2002 artwork by Subhankar Banerjee captures the migration of these animals.
What are Caribou?
This book by Rachel Carson, published in 1962, is often credited with advancing the environmental movement.
What is "Silent Spring"?
Is a Cree artist of Canadian descent whose works address themes of colonization, sexuality, loss, and resilience
Who is Kent Monkman?
"Battle for the Woodlands," created between 2014 and 2015, is a work by this artist.
Who is Bonnie Devine?
This concept, central to many eco-artworks, involves the recovery and reuse of materials.
What is Recycling?
"Marat (Sebastião)," from the "Pictures of Garbage" series, was created in 2008 by this artist.
Who is Vik Muniz?
This day, first celebrated in 1970, helped galvanize environmental consciousness.
What is Earth Day?
Indian-born American photographer, writer, and activist.
Who is Banerjee?
This artist's work "Church Rock Spill Evaporation Ponds, Church Rock, New Mexico, Dinétah" was created in 2019.
Who is Will Wilson?
This term refers to art that highlights the social and racial equity issues related to ecological changes.
What is Environmental Justice?
This artwork by Hans Haacke from 1972 focuses on water purification.
What is Rhine Water Purification Plant?
This type of site-specific work is created to exist in a particular place and cannot be moved.
What is Site-Specific Art?
Brazilian artist and photographer known for creating works from unconventional materials such as garbage, chocolate, and sugar.
Who is Vik Muniz
"Wheatfield—A Confrontation: Battery Park Landfill, Downtown Manhattan—With Agnes Denes Standing in the Field" was created by this artist in 1982.
Who is Agnes Denes?
The study and documentation of this helped galvanize the modern environmental movement in the 1960s.
What is Pollution?
"Shrimp Farm, Survival Piece #2," created in 1971, is a work by this artist duo.
Who are Helen and Newton Harrison?
This 2018 work by Mel Chin explores the impact of climate change on coastal cities.
What is "Unmoored"?
Is a Diné photographer and multimedia artist known for his works that explore Indigenous identity and environmental issues.
Who is Will Wilson?