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There have been a multitude of exhibitions showcasing the work of artists responding to climate change and more broadly the intersect between the arts, society and the environment. In the lead up to the landmark Copenhagen Climate Summit, upon which so much hope was placed, there was a peak in exhibitions of this type. With the issue of climate change unlikely to go away, such curatorial explorations are likely to continue.
Melt, an RMIT Exhibition
Melt was an exhibition of three Australian and New Zealand artists who developed works following a period of time spent in Antartica. Through various medium, including photography, print and jewellery, the artists draw on their first hand experience of climate change in a special place.
RETHINK emerged at the time of the UNFCCC’s Climate Conference in Copenhagen 2009 as an exhibition of 26 Nordic artists responding to climate change. Housed in various galleries and venues throughout the city, the RETHINK exhibition will travel through the Nordic countries in 2010. Along with the exhibition is a commitment to continuing dialogue and REFLECTion as offered through a publication of multi-disciplinary essays accompanying the exhibition as well as an online blog forum.
Kathy Barber, Here Today, 2005 (Neon, solar panel, cabling, battery)
From the Cape Farewell expeditions comes the touring exhibition in London, Liverpool, Hamburg, Madrid, Tokyo in 2006, 2007, 2008 and now Cranbrook, USA in 2010.
The Weather Report: Art and Climate Change, was an exhibition held in 2007 at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. The exhibition was a collaboration with EcoArts and brought together artists and scientists to engage the community in a dialogue around a future influenced by climate change.
In the Balance: Art for a Changing World was an environmental art exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney from August to October 2010. Featuring over 100 works by 30 artists, the show charted the history of engagement of the arts in Australian environmental activism as well as showcasing international and contemporary artists addressing a range of issues from waste, renewable energy, climate change denial, uranium mining and the ethics of food.
Nature Strikes Back, an exhibition at the National Gallery of Denmark
The Nature Strikes Back exhibition, timed to coincide with the UNFCCC Climate Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009, charts the treatment of nature throughout the history of Western Art. The exhibition emphasises the influence of scientific discovery as well as philosophy on our relationship to nature, and challenges the notion that man has control over nature. Above all it highlights the role of art in holding up a mirror to our psyche, and questions how our troubled relationship with nature will end.
Exhibition: Art of a Changing World
In December 2009, at the time of the UNFCCC Climate Conference, the Royal Academy of the Arts was home to this exhibition of 30 leading international contemporary artists, demonstrating the role that art can play in communicating the relevance of climate change to our daily lives. Video art, installation, photography, sculpture and painting are all represented in a myriad of often touching, challenging and revealing observations of our current plight and potential response.
Melting Ice Exhibition Poster
Melting Ice / Hot Topic was a travelling exhibition from 2007-2008 of 40 artists working on the theme of climate change, developed in partnership with the UNEP Art for Environment Program and the Natural World Museum.
Held in Turin in 2008, the Greenwashing exhibition brought together 25 artists to critically examine our understanding of ‘environment’ and ‘sustainability’ and the complexities emerging as the climate changes.