Memorializing Wildfire at the Playground
Jessica George interrogates the politics of seemingly apolitical wildfire memorials and examines how climate change-related art challenge the timelessness of conventional monuments.
Tagged: Art
The Deep Roots of Plant Time
Yota Batsaki explores the ways Kapwani Kiwanga’s sculpture “On Growth” converges the past and the present, challenging human temporalities through exploration of plant time. The sculpture is on display at the High Line in New York City.
How Indigenous Artist George Morrison Resists Ecological and Cultural Extraction
Indigenous modernist George Morrison’s works were once considered “not Indian enough” but were later curated as minoritized art. Matt Hooley explores how and why the radical meanings of Morrison’s art are obscured or misunderstood by cultural institutions.
The Art of Climate Protest
Jayme Collins explains how a new generation of climate activists draw from histories of protest art to reveal the ties between the art world and fossil fuel capitalism.
