Environmental art, which is art that addresses social and political issues relating to the natural and urban environment, came to prominence in the 1960s. The best of it goes beyond a straightforward artist response, and inspires us, the viewer, to react in a positive fashion — for I don’t think there are many left who would attempt to refute the statement ‘Climate Change is Real’. Those words are currently flashing in neon on the walls of the Hayward Gallery, thanks to the artist Andrea Bowers – but the exhibition Dear Earth: Art and Hope in a Time of Crisis goes further than insta-worthy slogans; among other works is a vast installation from Agnes Denes (the artist who planted a wheat field on a landfill site in Manhattan, two blocks from Wall Street and the World Trade Centre in 1982), a powerful investigation into the destruction caused by the fossil fuel industry in Louisiana by Imani Jacqueline Brown, and a new video work by Cornelia Parker.
Installation view of Agnes Denes, Dear Earth: Art and Hope in a Time of Crisis (21 Jun – 3 Sep 2023). Courtesy the Hayward Gallery.
Installation view of Jenny Kendler, Dear Earth: Art and Hope in a Time of Crisis (21 Jun – 3 Sep 2023). Courtesy the Hayward Gallery.
Additionally, the exhibition has expanded beyond the confines of the gallery, into the Southbank-wide Planet Summer. There’s a schedule of talks (speakers include Greta Thunberg, Mikaela Loach and Rebecca Solnit), free events – and Paul Pulford, the head gardener of the Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden (free to enter), together with Grounded Ecotherapy, has created a replicable and useful permanent art installation in that garden, in response to the challenges faced by gardeners because of
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