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Conceptual
Propaganda
for sustainability
Conceptual Art: an art form in which the
artist's intent is to convey a concept rather
than to create an art object
Propaganda: ideas, facts, or allegations spread
deliberately to further one's cause or to
damage an opposing cause
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary
Christian Marclay
"The idea of abandonment and recovery is a
powerful theme for Marclay. His sculptures
and collages are often made from the detritus
of recorded and transmitted audibility: old
phones, speakers, cassette tapes, album
covers; and, of course, records, snatched from
the edge of obsolescence into which they have
already passed for most people.
http://www.ciac.ca/biennale2000/en/visuels-artistes-marclay.htm
Nancy Rubins
Nancy Rubins has been creating visually stunning sculptures out of salvaged
industrial and consumer goods including mattresses, trailers, hot water
heaters, airplanes and small appliances since the late 1970s. In her hands,
such everyday objects become unfamiliar and astonishing, as they are trussed
and finessed into heroic forms that defy both gravity and our expectations for
how these things should behave. The sculptures may appear precarious but
are, in fact, delicately balanced and precisely engineered.
http://www.gagosian.com/artists/nancy-rubins/
Tim Gaudreau
New Hampshire based eco-artist Tim Gaudreau shares his view that "it is the responsibility of
the artist to communicate a relevant vision about our world and society," through provocative
and funny site-specific installations and performance. His clever work comments on
important pervasive issues such as habitat destruction due to suburban sprawl, the impacts of
littering and the importance of reconnecting to the natural world. To further communicate
the visceral urgency of these issues, Gadreau's website actually greets visitors with an alarm
sound.
http://greenmuseum.org
http://www.wake-up.ws/
Linda Gass
Fabric artist and award winning quilter, Linda
Gass, is passionate about the water issues
which dominate the American West. Her
ephemeral land art installations (using blue
tulle to indicate stream beds and water levels)
and detailed quilts illuminate the maps, images
and ideas behind some of the region's most
contentious water struggles.
www.greenmuseum.org
ATM & RiverCubes
A leading proponent of "Artful Trash
Management", artist Bob Johnson creates
"River Cubes", public sculptures that creatively
harvest waste streams and transform the
resulting bounty into lively conversations and
mute testaments to what our culture leaves
behind.
http://www.rivercubes.net/
There is a humorous quality to her work, an affectionate
absurdity that cultivates and protects nature while
poking gentle fun at the act of domestication. How could
we be so ridiculous, as to think we could dispense
biospheres like candy, or to ignore the growing pile of
compost at the cafeteria? At the same time, what does it
mean to take care of a potted plant or local bioregion?
Bell's work turns the cultural tendency to tame
wilderness on its head.
http://www.vaughnbell.net/index.html