“Omens of Climate Change” Exhibition
Westbeth Gallery
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A dynamic mix of sculpture and painting that uses the tools of art to confront the crisis of global warming. Mother Nature is thrashing wildly out of control. The icecaps are melting, glaciers receding, weather is destabilized – plant and animal species are going extinct. Drought, floods, erosion and acid rain falling from the sky threaten world food production. When will it become hard to breathe? In ten years, fifty or 100?
Four artists confront the rising tide of climate change. Meryl Meisler’s eerie premonitions of submerged NYC landmarks, Jonathan Bauch’s crashing waves intricately cut from steel, Dave Channon’s enormous insects and scrap metal creatures, Arthur Dworin’s revelations of a planet’s transformation into rusted desert. Beauty and fascination invest this exhibition with love of life and global concern. People now view apocalyptic weather as the true-life horror movie.
This certainly is not 1945 when the morning air in Brooklyn was sweet, and, I saw the milkman’s horse follow him down the street on my way to school. Hurricane Sandy was my wake up call. What is yours? –
Jonathan Bauch, Curator: Omens of Climate Change
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Schedule
from February 01, 2014 to February 16, 2014
Opening Reception on 2014-02-01 from 17:00 to 20:00