Title: 7 Environmental Artists Fighting for Change | Widewalls
Headings: 7 Environmental Artists Fighting for Change
7 Environmental Artists Fighting for Change
August 17, 2016
How Can Environmental Art Change the World?
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Robert Morris - One of the Pioneers of Land Art
Chris Jordan - Exposing Consumeristic Culture
Agnes Denes - The Grandmother of Environmental Art Movement
Edith Meusnier - Mixing Textile and Environment
Nils-Udo - One of the Main Figures of Environmental Art Movement
Andy Goldsworthy - Artist and Environmentalist
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Content: They have been continuously creating environment-related work since then thus spreading the ideas of environmental art. Speaking about them, it’s important to make a distinction between those who are not focused so much on environmental issues and those who are part of this movement particularly aiming to explore relations between nature and the human world, aiming to raise awareness toward ecological problems. Some famous land creatives, such as Christo and Robert Smithson (who made the famous Spiral Jetty) were criticized for permanent ecological damage some of their pieces had caused. However, working within the field of arts, many of them have spent a lot of time exploring the relationship between mankind's world and the natural environment. How Can Environmental Art Change the World? In general, there is no strict definition of environmental art. However, many environmental artists help us to understand nature; environmental art is concerned with environmental forces and materials; it re-envisions humans’ relations with nature and remediates damaged environments. In addition, one of the main characteristics of environmental art is that is usually created for one particular place, cannot be moved, and obviously cannot be exhibited in museums or galleries.