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Art in Action: Nature, Creativity and Our Collective Future
This high quality publication showcases works of art from eighty international artists with essays by each artist about nature as their source of inspiration.
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Natural World Museum
Text by Noa Jones
Foreword by Achim Steiner
Curated by Randy Rosenberg
9.75” x 10”, 176 pages
Over 100 color illustrations
Recycled Rubber Cover
ISBN-13: 978-1-932771-77-0
$45.00
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International $25.00
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In the environmental realm, science and art are inextricably
linked. While science determines how we measure the health of
our planet, art allows us to visualize our relationship to the
natural world. Art in Action collects creative interpretations
of the state of our planet in word and image by seventy-nine
artists. These varied pieces express a profound appreciation for
all species and landscapes, explore our natural world lost,
despaired and reconstructed and describe the fantasy of
paradises anew and gone awry.
From the expansive vision of Christo to the enlightened power of
Olafur Eliasson, the art speaks to us in as many ways as there
are artists. Each chapter asks us to celebrate, reflect,
interact, protect and act, demonstrating the vast and rich web
of life and the interconnectedness of it all. No book can change
the natural world. But these stories and photographs can build
awareness, the first critical step in changing our collective
story from one that exploits and destroys nature for the benefit
of humankind to one that nurtures and values the natural world.
In the environmental realm, science and art are inextricably
linked. While science determines how we measure the health of
our planet, art allows us to visualize our relationship to the
natural world. Art in Action collects creative interpretations
of the state of ou planet in word and image by seventy-nine
artists. These varied pieces express a profound appreciation for
all species and landscapes, explore our natural world lost,
despaired and reconstructed and describe the fantasy of
paradises anew and gone awry.
From the expansive vision of Christo to the enlightened power of
Olafur Eliasson, the art speaks to us in as many ways as there
are artists. Each chapter asks us to celebrate, reflect,
interact, protect and act, demonstrating the vast and rich web
of life and the interconnectedness of it all. No book can change
the natural world. But these stories and photographs can build
awareness, the first critical step in changing our collective
story from one that exploits and destroys nature for the benefit
of humankind to one that nurtures and values the natural world.
For more information, please view the
Press Release
Mia Hanak, Executive Director of the Natural World Museum
and Achim Steiner, Under-Secretary General of the
United Nations and Executive Director of the United
Nations Environment Programme
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