Weather Report: Art and Climate Change - Softcover

Lucy R. Lippard; Stephanie Smith; Andrew C. Revkin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0979900700 ISBN 13: 9780979900709

Publisher: Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 2007

Synopsis

This eco-friendly catalog includes writings by Lucy R. Lippard and major writers on environmental art and climate change. It was published by the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (in Colorado) as part of the 2007 exhibit "Weather Report: Art and Climate Change," curated by internationally renowned art critic, historian, and writer Lucy R. Lippard. "Weather Report" underscores art's potential to educate and motivate audiences. Issues regarding desertification, floods, changing watersheds, global warming, renewable energy, carbon profiling, reforestation, species transformation, ozone layer, ocean acidification, and soil subsidence are presented through artists eyes to provoke a tangible, immediate connection with the viewer. The intent of the exhibit was to partner the scientific and art communities to create a visual dialogue surrounding climate change. The artists include: Kim Abeles, Lillian Ball, Subhankar Banerjee, Iain Baxter&, Bobbe Besold, Cape Farewell, Mary Ellen Carroll (Precipice Alliance), CLUI (Center for Land Use Interpretation), Brian Collier, Xavier Cortada, Gayle Crites, Agnes Denes, Steven Deo, Rebecca DiDomenico, Future Farmers (Amy Franceschini and Michael Swaine), Bill Gilbert, Isabella Gonzales, Green Fabrication University of Colorado College of Architecture and Planning (Professor, Rick Sommerfeld), Newton Harrison & Helen Mayer Harrison, Judit Hersko, Lynne Hull, Pierre Huyghe, Basia Irland, Patricia Johanson, Chris Jordan, Marguerite Kahrl, Janet Koenig & Greg Sholette, Eve Andree Laramee, Learning Site (Cecilia Wendt and Rikke Luther), Ellen Levy, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Patrick Marold, Natasha Mayers, Jane McMahan, Mary Miss, Joan Myers, Beverly Naidus, Chrissie Orr, Melanie Walker & George Peters, Andrea Polli, Marjetica Potrc, Aviva Rahmani, Rapid Response, Buster Simpson, Kristine Smock, Joel Sternfeld, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Ruth Wallen, Sherry Wiggins, The Yes Men, and Shai Zakai.

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About the Author

Lucy R. Lippard was born in New York City and since 1966, has published 20 books on cultural criticism, contemporary art, and place, and has received numerous awards and accolades from literary critics and art associations. Lippard has also curated over 50 exhibitions, done performances, guerrilla theater, and edited several independent publications. Stephanie Smith is Director of Collections and Exhibitions and Curator of Contemporary Art at the University of Chicago's Smart Museum of Art and affiliate member of the university's Department of Visual Arts. Much of her recent writing and speaking has centered on the intersection of art and sustainability; she curated the exhibitions "Beyond Green: Toward a Sustainable Art" (2005) and "Ecologies: Mark Dion, Peter Fend, Dan Peterman" (2000). Andrew C. Revkin has covered the environment for "The New York Times" since 1995. His prize-winning books include "The North Pole Was Here," the first account of global and Arctic climate change for the whole family, and "The Burning Season," on the life and death of Chico Mendes and his struggle to protect the Amazon rain forest. Revkin has won almost every major award in science journalism, not only for his articles, but also his photography and the 2005 Discovery-Times documentary "Arctic Rush."

Edition details

• Publisher: Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0979900700
• ISBN 13: 9780979900709
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 125
• Editor: Kirsten Gerdes