Art is still mostly a hand made thing.

How does art affect the environment. More and more people are coming to the realisation that we are reaching the limits of our planets capacity to support us. Environmental art became increasingly popular in Western societies as issues surrounding the environment arose in the 1950s and 1960s. It enhances our respect and our relationship with the natural world.

But can artwork have a direct impact on employee productivity or wellbeing. While environmental art has arguably existed since our Paleolithic ancestors began painting their favorite hunting exploits on the craggy stone walls of their cave abodes the current climate of environmental precarity from pending ecological collapse to complete nuclear annihilation demands some innovation on the part of artists to provide a new lexicon to tackle these apocalyptic terrains. This page is based on a meeting of artists and environmentalists in London.

But there is another tradition in environmental art a darker tradition that features stark pictures of environmental destruction and paints bleak scenarios of a future world of environmental ruin. Amazingly Creative Examples of Environmental Art. It brings people together around an environmental cause.

Splashes of color in a painting can alter the mood of a meeting room or a piece of unusual artwork can provide a talking point in a bland corporate space. Ephemeral Land Art by a Man Who Discovered His Creativity in Nature. We asked a group of artists in different disciplines How do social environmental and political issues impact your work.

This form of Institutional Critique seeks to question the authority and power of museums and galleries that have historically controlled the production sale and viewing of art works. It was then that artists began. These few examples go beyond art for arts sake they make art for our sake.

November 5 2013 Leave a Comment. Our wellbeing is declining and inequality is rising which is fuelling conflict mass migration poverty and many other social problems. Evolving from Land Art Environmental art also rethinks the importance of the exhibition space and seeks other places where art can happen and where art can exist.