{"id":10022,"date":"2019-05-07T11:05:49","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T16:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/?p=10022"},"modified":"2019-05-08T19:34:01","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T00:34:01","slug":"eco-art-beauty-with-a-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/archives\/10022","title":{"rendered":"Eco Art: Beauty With a Message"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Tracie Tuttle–<\/strong>Art\ncan be many different things: pretty, expressive, abstract. Art can also lead\nto change in society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One example of this is through environmental — or eco — art. This is art that features themes revolving around the idea of reusing materials and using art to represent the damage excess waste has caused the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Artist\nDavid Opdyke is very familiar with the concept of eco art in his piece titled This Land<\/em>. This wall piece consists of\nmore than 500 postcards placed artfully in gradually collapsing rows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nartwork is more than just skillfully placed cards on the wall. Opdyke painted\neach postcard to have an element of destruction. This ultimately becomes part\nof the whole picture showing ongoing damage to the environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another\nartist known for his environmental art is Chris Jordan. He is widely known for\nhis photographs from his Midway<\/em>\ncollection that depict deceased birds with plastic in their stomachs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This collection is a fraction of Jordan\u2019s art that protests for change, like Running the Numbers II: Portraits of Global Mass Culture\u2019s Venus, <\/em>that depicts the number of plastic bags used every 10 seconds around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similar\nto the work these two artists have done, the Sustainable Environment\nAssociation (SEA) on campus held their very own Eco Art show where they asked\nstudents to submit art created with or about recyclable materials to help\ninspire more conversation about the health of our environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several students submitted work. Pieces include a jellyfish made of plastic water bottles and a figure filled with plastic bags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See\nmore about Opdyke\u2019s This Land<\/em> HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See\nmore about Jordan\u2019s art HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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