1. eco-art aka... land art environmental art earth art green art

2. Caspar David Friedrich, Moonrise over the Sea, 1822, oil on canvas Friedrich, a German, gets the credit as the rst great artist of the Romantic landscape. In his views there is still a central (very central) place for man in nature 3. Thomas Cole (American, 1801 - 1848) Romantic Landscape, 1826 Oil on canvas ForThomas Cole, landscape was more than scenery.The artist hoped to stir the viewer to contemplate the natural purity and boundless promise of the NewWorld. Both his art and his spiritual zeal inspired several generations of American landscape painters known collectively as the Hudson River School. 4. Frederic Church, Niagara Falls oil on canvas Niagara Falls fromTable Rock, 1835 Samuel FB Morse, 17911872 Samuel Morse was a co-founder of the the National Academy of Design, and contributor to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system and co-inventor of the Morse code 5. Frederick Church, Twilight in theWilderness, 1860 6. Albert Bierstadt BridalVeil Falls,Yosemite, 187173 Oil on canvas Bierstadt was one of the rst pioneering artists to go west in search of new scenes to paint.The mountains were far more lofty and dramatic than any in the eastern United States. Albert Bierstadt Wind RiverWyoming, ca. 1870 oil on canvas 7. Martin Johnson Heade - Marsh River In Haze Martin Johnson Heade - Sunny Day OnThe Marsh 1875 Martin Johnson Heade - Orchid AndTwo Hummingbirds 1872 Heade (pronounced heed) traveled extensively in S. America, painting mostly owers and birds in an attempt to make a living from selling the exotic scenes. 8. George Caleb Bingham, Boatmen on the Missouri, 1846 George Caleb Bingham, FurTraders Descending the Missouri, 1845 Thomas Hart Benton, Chillmark, 1916 As the west was settled the settlers no less than the landscape were celebrated. 9. Arthur Chartow Ford Rouge Plant, 2009 Charles Sheeler (18831965), American Landscape, 1930 (The Ford River Rouge plant) Once settled, the new industrial landscape, and the American ingenuity, industry and energy it represented, became the object of celebration. It remains so for some today. 10. celebrations of the landscape The landscape is celebrated no less today than during the time of the Hudson River school, though often the means and materials are different, and the work extends into the landscape itself. The goals have been expanded to include bringing attention to, and making warnings about, the fragility of the natural world. 11. Christo and Jean-Claude Wrapped Coast, Project for Australia, Near Sydney 1968-69 Nothing of Christo and Jean-Claude's work remains once the installation has been dismantled. Christo once said, "I think it takes much greater courage to create things to be gone than to create things that will remain." 12. Christo and Jean-Claude Valley Curtain, Rie, Colorado, 1970-72 13. Christo and Jean-Claude Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California 1972-76 14. Christo and Jean-Claude Surrounded Islands Miami, Florida, 1980-83,.Christo and Jean-Claude's crew removed 40 tons of garbage from the area during the project 15. Richard Long A Line Made by Walking, 1967 Richard Long A Line in Scotland, 1981 Nature has always been a subject of art, from the rst cave paintings to twentieth-century landscape photography. I wanted to use the landscape as an artist in new ways. First I started making work outside using natural materials like grass and water, and this led to the idea of making a sculpture by walking. 16. Hamish Fulton 3 self-explanatory pieces 17. Joseph Beuys 7000 Oaks Germany trees, basalt stone columns Dia installed ve stone columns, each paired with a tree, atWest 22nd Street in 1988, continuing the sculpture project 7000 Eichen (7000 Oaks) by German artist Joseph Beuys. Five varieties of trees were planted: gingko, linden, bradford pear, sycamore, and oak. In 1996 Dia extended this project by planting 18 new trees. Joseph Beuys 7000 Oaks Dia Foundation, NY, NY trees, basalt stone columns 18. Andy Goldsworthy Storm King Wall, 1997-98 2,278-foot-long site-specic sculpture was made using stones gathered from the Art Center property 19. environmental planning & rehabilitation 20. Alan Sonst Time Landscape, 1965 visible to this day at the corner of Houston and LaGuardia in GreenwichVillage, it introduced the key environmentalist idea of bringing nature back into the urban environment Time Landscape is a plot of wild land planted with ora native to Manhattan. 21. Alan Sonst Circles of Time, date? concentric rings of different plant species mark the evolution of indigenous plant life from the modern day through ancient forests, spanning both ecological and chronological gaps providing a wholistic view ofTuscan natural history 22. pioneers of the eco-art movement, the Harrisons have worked for almost forty years with biologists, ecologists, architects, urban planners and other artists to initiate collaborative dialogues to uncover ideas and solutions which support biodiversity and community development. Helen and Newton Harrison Making Earth, 1970 topsoil was endangered world-wide, we made earth many times Newt tasting the new earth 23. Helen and Newton Harrison Meditations on the Sacramento River, the Delta and the Bays at San Francisco- 1976-77 the rst critique of the green revolution* and intensive irrigated farming in art, * the green revolution took root in the 1960s. It balanced fertilization with proper seeds and irrigation to double or even triple crop production per acre. It caused waterways to be polluted by chemical run-off which, in part, this project critiques. It also fed an awful lot of hungry people. 24. Helen and Newton Harrison The Mangrove and The Pine, 1982 pines, invaders in this region, pushing out the native mangroves 25. Helen and Newton Harrison Endangered Meadows, 1994 the Harrisons transplanted a 400 year-old meadow that was being replaced by an urban development of roofgarden on top of the museum shades of Joni Mitchells tree museum 26. Agnes Denes Wheateld, 1982 2 acres of wheat planted and harvested by the artist on a landll in Manhattan's nancial district.The wheat was used to make bread. 27. Agnes Denes Tree Mountain:A Living Time Capsule, 1992-96 28. Patricia Johanson Saggitaria Platyphylla, 1981-86 Fair Park Lagoon, Dallas,TX a home for native wildlifeducks, turtles, sh, shrimp, insects Patricia Johanson Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility Petaluma, CA The project includes oxidation ponds, sewage treatment wetlands, and polishing ponds for the removal of heavy metals, as well as a new 272-acre tidal marsh and mudat, PetalumaWetlands Park. Patricia Johanson has patiently insisted that art can help to heal the earth. For the last ten years she has been creating large-scale projects that posit a radical, yet practical vision. She works with engineers, city planners, scientists and citizens' groups to create her art as functioning infrastructure for modern cities. 29. Meadowsweet Dairy (sculptors collaborative): "We share a deep commitment to the notion that art has a job to do. Much of our work aspires to be both aesthetically powerful and practical.We clean up neglected, trash lled areas and make their beauty accessible through our site-pieces." Meadowsweet Dairy For The Birds, 2000 articial bird nesting boxes, SE Farallon Island, CA Nine Cassin's Auklets edged from the nesting boxes in the rst year. Meadowsweet Dairy Two Bridges, 1997 Cedarhurst Sculpture Park, Mt.Vernon, IL For similar projectsartists designing landscapesee also George Trakas and Michael Singer 30. something is wrong... warnings of dystopia Some artists celebrate. Others warn. 31. Gregory Crewdson Untitled (Robin with Ring of Eggs), 1993 Crewdsons photographic scenes instill an unsettled feeling of something out of joint, amiss.The people in the scenes feel it too, but seem powerless to do anything. 32. Gregory Crewdson Untitled (shed re), 1996 33. Gregory Crewdson Untitled (ower totem), 2002 if the people in the scenes do something, it seems misdirected, bizarre, ineffectual Gregory Crewdson Untitled, 2001 34. Gregory Crewdson Untitled,Winter 2007 Gregory Crewdson Untitled, Summer 2007 winter is grim. is summer any better? 35. Edward Burtynsky Burning Tire Pile # 1 Near Stockton, California 1999 Burtynsky, a Canadian photographer, works in the much more direct documentary vein, producing environmental records both horrifying and oddly beautiful 36. Edward Burtynsky Nickel Tailings No. 36 Sudbury, Ontario 1996 Edward Burtynsky Kennecott Copper Mine No. 22 BinghamValley, Utah 1983 37. Edward Burtynsky Dam #2,Three Gorges Dam Project, Yangtze River, 2002 TheThree Gorges Dam is the worlds largest and most powerful hydroelectric dam. Located on theYangtze River, and straddling Hubei and Sichuan provinces, the dam stretches two kilometers across (ve times wider than Americas Hoover Dam) and stands 185 meters high. The lm Manufactured Landscapes is about Burtynsky and is also an examination of industrialization and globalization 38. Walton Ford Falling Bough, 2002 watercolor, gouche, ink, pencil Walton Ford The Island, date unknown More unsettling views of nature possibly run amok.The Mendocino College library has a new and beautiful book of Fords paintings. 39. Vaughn Bell Personal Landscapes: Desert, Crag, Lawn, 2005-06 stoneware, hardware, wheels, leashes, acrylic, soil, plants Vaughn Bell Village Green, 2008 ve biospheres: acrylic forms, native plants of the Berkshires, soil, water, hardware Vaughn Bell's work suggests a science ction universe in which plants serve as pets and companions, and once again evokes Joni Mitchells tree museum 40. Vaughn Bell Dust Mask, 2009-10 photo from a performance 41. Levi vanVeluw, Landscape I, 2008: Lambdaprint The images that I make often consist of unlogical combinations of materials, patterns, colors, and forms, with my head as the only constant factor. Each element is conspicuously chosen to affect a predetermined transformation. By playing with the value of each material and by using them for a purpose that was not originally intended for them, I construct within the image, in a very small way, a different perspective on the world. Levi vanVeluw Levi vanVeluw, Landscape III, 2008: Lambdaprint 42. Shen Shaomin Unknown Creature No. 10, date? 6 high; animal and human bones 43. Shen Shaomin, Sagittarius, 2005: Bone, bone meal, glue People are fabricating an articial world according to personal interests.The biological world is no exception; the most mysterious place of the future world will be the biological factory. In this place, people will use their adept skills and methods to produce DNA and nurture new biological species, and these creatures would either be manufactured or implanted. Shen Shaomin 44. Misako Inaoko chess set of invented creatures 45. Gregory Euclide Torn from the making of knowing's vista, 2010 Acrylic, foam, lead, moss, paper, pencil, sedum, sponge, wax in acrylic box frame For Euclide nature, contemplation and curiosity are concomitant.Today he walks in Minnesota near theTwin Cities, observing and collecting found objects, interesting plant material, all of which are incorporated into his art. Gregory Euclide title and date unknown 46. Jeanne Silverthorne Venus Flytrap with Xeres Blue (Extinct), 2009 rubber and phosphorescent pigment Jeanne Silverthorne Phosphorescent Pink with Flies, 2009 rubber and phosphorescent pigment 47. biological interventions why limit yourself to art materials? 48. Transgenic art is a new art form based on the use of genetic engineering to transfer natural or synthetic genes to an organism, to create unique living beings.This must be done with great care, with acknowledgment of the complex issues thus raised and, above all, with a commitment to respect, nurture, and love the life thus created. Eduardo Kac Eduardo Kac and Alba, the uorescent bunny. This transgenic artwork comprises the creation of a green uorescent rabbit. 2000 49. Ballengee Pacic Tree Frog Ballengee Red-spotted Newt Ballengee collects specimens of naturally occurring genetic mutations (ie, not articially induced) in small creatures, mostly amphibians, prepares them for scientic display the exhibits results. 50. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/injecting_poetry_into_bacteria_to_produce_more_poe.php Canadian Poet Christian Bk has translated his purpose-written short poem into DNA and is injecting it into a bacterium, Deinococcus radiodurans. The way DNA codes to text is that scientists have established a sort of "language of owers" in which a given amino acid stands in for a given letter.What Bk means by a "response" is that the bacterium, in response to the injected DNA, creates proteins whose amino acids spell out a new set of words, a new poem. 51. moss grafti 52. artists unknown radical moss grafti el&abe (eleanor stevens and anna garforth) church moss grafti, england 53. masanobu fukuokanot (ofcially) an artist, but a Japanese natural-philosopher-farmer, educator writer, naturalist, researcher and professional biological scientist. he also gets credit for invention of the seed bomb. seed balls (or seed bombs, earth dumplings) are often used by guerilla gardeners in reclaiming derelict land in their neighborhoods. seed balling in brooklyn, ny 54. seed ball grown eld planting seed balls, and the results 55. post apocalypse after the end... 56. "post-apocalyptic urban landscapes that blur the visual boundaries of ction and reality. Lukas work explores the existence of disaster, be it realized or ctitious, in contemporary society. Alex Lukas NYC 2, 2009 ink, acrylic, gouache and silkscreen on two book pages Alex Lukas Untitled, 2009 acrylic and silkscreen on book page Alex Lukas Untitled, 2009 acrylic and silkscreen on two book pages 57. Mat Collinshaw Children of a Lesser God, nd photo on lightbox an evocation of a raw nature where children are raised by wolves (if they are lucky) 58. the viewer enters the Earth after a major event. Whether it has been an explosion, that has covered the forests under a thin layer of ashes, or a complete freeze of nature due to cold and frost, is not dened. Gerhard Mantz generates his virtual landscapes with the computer by means of a 3D modelling process. Gerhard Mantz Allgemeine Ubereinstimmung, 2009 ink on canvas Gerhard Mantz Bemerkenswerter Zusammenhang, 2009 ink on canvas 59. YangYongliang Untitled # 5 from the Heavenly City series, 2008 Inkjet print 60. renewable resource art being good... 61. John Grade Elephant Bed (Brighton), 2009 Corn-based polymer, biodegradable methyl cellulose skins 20 forms, 24' x 6' x 6' each Those pieces which have not slowly disappeared into a large pool of ink during the course of the exhibit will be walked into Bellingham Bay, where they will be left to dissolve in its waters Bean Finneran White Ring , 2007 Low re clay, glaze, acrylic stain 24" x 60" "I couldn't come up with any kind of personal statement as a painter, so after awhile I decided to start working with clay again. I had never formally studied ceramics but thought I would just bumble my way through." 62. Junichi Nakamura, et. al. Mysterious Pearl, 2006 Fairbanks,AK Snow and ice sculpture events are staged all over the world. . See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_sculpture for a list. Sculpting a block of snow Jacques Cartier Park Gatineau, CA 2005 Teams of professional carvers compete in the annual International Ice Carving Competition.This years theme is Winter Olympics and each team is given 15 blocks of ice, weighing 300 lb, which they must transform into ice sculptures. 63. snow dinosaurs 64. Joan Bankemper Willa A contemporary earthwork which will function as a medicinal herb garden. Ann Rosenthal and Stef Domike An American Roots Garden Foods common to early America, including Native American crops and those brought by settlers and immigrants. Knox Cummin Not Drain Away A rain water collection sculpture off of the roof of an existing farmhouse complete with rain barrels, piping and irrigation system, which waters the American Roots garden. Edible Landscapes:green principles and sustainability in relationship to food, art, design and agriculture.Socially engaging interventions in the landscape related to food and agriculture, 65. George Herms Max and Dorothea, 2002 Ed Kienholz John Doe, 1959 Richard Stankiewicz Speckle Bird Shy, 1958 Junk art, by denition, is recycled and green. 66. random eco-art 67. Valeri Larko Salvaged, 2006(?) oil on canvas The distinctive landscape of northern New Jersey. Junk art - even tho its a painting 68. William B. Montgomery Untitled (detritus of consumption), 1988 etching, 12x18 69. Jan Fabre, Skull, 2001: Mixture of scarab wing cases, plastic, stuffed animal. My sculptures from 2001 represent human skulls that seem to have been invaded by scarabs. I was attracted to the beetles shimmering colors which bestow a distinctive beauty to the skulls making them reminiscent of Aztec skulls set with precious stones.The fact that scarabs are symbols of eternity in the Egyptian mythology adds another layer of meaning, transforming the skull into an object of veneration. Jan Fabre 70. Fabin Pea,The Impossibility of Storage for the Soul I (Self-Portrait), 2007 Cockroach wing fragments, translucent paper, light boxes. Most of my recent pieces are made with insect parts in a process where I transform these repulsive creatures into other anatomies. I re-contextualize these organic elements into signicant objects that address existential matters. Fabin Pea 71. Michael Ryan Dead Space, 2005 Plastic bags, shing line, clear vinyl tubing, plexiglas, electronic timers, air pumps and credit card 72. Vanessa Marsh Incomplete Freeway On-Ramp, Seattle,WA, 2009 Mixed media, found materials, oil and galkyd Vanessa Marsh Cement Factory, Seattle,WA, 2009, Mixed media, found materials, oil and galkyd 73. Billie Grace Lynn, Mad Cow Motorcycle, 2008: Cow bones, bicycle frame, electric motor. My work is usually interactive and kinetic in nature. I strive to make pieces in which the viewers experience is important to the form and function of the piece. I want people to remember themselves, in much the same way that babies discover their ngers. Billie Grace Lynn 74. Christy Rupp, Great Auk, Iceland, 2007: Fast-food chicken bones, mixed media. Are chickens from the supermarket less important than a bird gone forever except in a museum? Although observed from actual bird prototypes, these sculptures embody absurdity, as they are a creation of human hands. Reecting the preposterous notion that humans can put things back together, they imply that merely by good intentions, nature could be retrotted for the better, placating our guilt. Christy Rupp 75. Christy Rupp Zero Balance - Frog made from Credit Cards, 2007 10" X 10" X 3". 76. Carson Murdach The Course of Empire#3 Consummation Carson Murdach The Course of Empire #2 Prosperity Carson Murdach The Course of Empire #1 Discovery 77. Jim Toia Cloak of Piety, 2008 pewter ant colony cast Jim Toia mushroom spore drawing, 2008 Untitled, 2008 dimensions variable multiple pewter ant colony casts 78. Claudia Borgna In these performance pieces I walk and crawl through different landscapes wearing outts made out of hundreds of plastic bags. 79. Majeed Cool Globe, 2009 A layer of cell phones, soda cans, and plastic bottles encrust the outer layer of this cool globe Chris Burden Medusa's Head, 1989-92 A volcanic mass of rocky landscape wrapped with and penetrated by model trains and tracks of various sizes 80. Keith W. Bentley, Cauda Equina, 1995-2007 Approx. 1.4 million hand-knotted horse hairs, fabric, taxidermy mannequin, resin Funeral etiquette from the latter half of theVictorian era dictated that widows wear black veils for a mourning period of eighteen months. I have adapted this tradition for Cauda Equina, which translates as horse tail but is also the name given to the lower part of he spinal column in most vertebrates. Keith W. Bentley 81. Marc Swanson, Untitled (Antler Pile), 2010: Antlers, crystals, adhesive I like to synthesize materials that resist being synthesized. By drawing attention to the duality of the materials, I intend to transform them into something altogether different and new. I think of it as a kind of alchemy. Marc Swanson 82. Tracy Heneberger, Moon, 2006: Anchovies, epoxy, shellac, resin My sculpture is accumulative in nature, each large gesture an embroidery of many smaller ones. I just dont trust mass that has been achieved without the building aspect. Increments are the forms I understand, and repeating and expanding them to create systems and structures are acts of ritual, transformation, and faith. Tracy Heneberger 83. Laura Splan, Reexive #1, 2004 blood on watercolor paper 40"H x 40"W Reexive explores the narrative implications of blood through its physical qualities. Each drawing was created using blood taken from my ngertips as the primary medium.The drawings reference neuroanatomical forms sometimes directly, sometimes loosely. Laura Splan 84. Jennifer Angus, red_swarm, 2009 Jennifer Angus became an amateur entomologist in the course of creating her series of dollhouses and installations. She builds scenes of perfect domestic felicity, but all the patterns on the walls, oors and furniture are arrangements of beautiful insects, and all the characters in the dollhouses are insects, too 85. Helen Altman used a plastic model of a human skull to mold spices, seeds, grasses, beans, lotus leaves and the like into rm, skull-shaped packages, which she then arranges on a wall. She wants viewers to approach and stick their noses into the skulls, breathe deeply of the clove, the rose, the balsa, and let death get in their face. Helen Altman, skulls1 Helen Altman, skulls2 86. Claire Morgan OnTop of the World, 2009 Bluebottle ies, spider, nylon, lead, acrylic 70 7/8 x 19 11/16 x 19 11/16 in. 87. Stuart Haygarth Tide, 2004 The originalTide chandelier is part of a larger body of work based on the collection of 'man made' debris washed up on a specic stretch of Kent (England) coastline. 88. Paula Hayes Nocturne of the Limax maximus MoMA, 2011 89. Tim Hawkinson Point, 2009 eggs shells 10 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 1 in 90. The Great Pacic Gyre The central Pacic Ocean hosts a collection of mostly plastic garbage covering an area twice the size of Texas. It is many feet deep. 91. Books: Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, Mariner Books, 2002. Released in 1962, Silent Spring offered the rst look at widespread ecological degradation and touched off an environmental awareness that still exists. John Grande, Art Nature Dialogues: Interviews with Environmental Artists, SUNY Press, 2004 Adrian Henri, Total Art: Environments, Happenings and Performance, Praeger, 1974 Websites: What the Heck is Eco-Art? (planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/eco-art-ways-explore.html) Environmental Museum (www.greenmuseum.org/) Green Arts Web (www.greenarts.org/) Includes art history, journals, books, theory, video and links to art and artists. Christina Ray, (www.christinaray.com/). ... an innovative gallery and creative catalyst. Our mission,grounded by the concept of psychogeography, is to present the most important contemporary artwork exploring the relationship between people and places. Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI) (www.clui.org) Dedicated to the increase and diffusion of knowledge about how the nation's lands are apportioned, utilized, and perceived. eco art space (www.ecoartspace.org) Creating opportunities for addressing environmental issues through the visual arts. BOOMMUSEUM, www.boommuseum.nl/intro-e.html, a virtual museum for art in all facets of nature. Founded in 1995, till the present day it has built up a collection of more than 160 works of art. Other: Nevada Museum of Art (www.nevadaart.org) The 1st museum dedicated to art with a focus on natural, built and virtual environments. It also runs the Center of Art + Environment (CA+E) Wendover Residency Program run by CLUI (www.clui.org/pro_pro/wendover/index.html) The program is open to artists, ... or anyone who works with land and land use issues in an innovative and engaging manner.