Together, the art of Mel Chin and Elizabeth Turk provides new takes on important issues of the day, including environmental hazards, endangered species, memorialization, and lost or hidden histories. Her Evaporated River installation similarly gives form to an absence within nature, here showing the diminished water that used to flow freely through our nation’s riverbeds. These sculptures visualize the voices of lost or threatened birds. Themes of revival and recovery are often present in Chin’s work, including many shown at Meijer Gardens.Įlizabeth Turk is also inspired by the natural world, most recently in her Tipping Point: Echoes of Extinction series that brings light to extinct and endangered birds through a series of totemic Sound Columns. On Wednesday, July 15, 2020, the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) presented an engaging discussion between Eleanor Jones Harvey, senior curator at. Two pieces tied to this ongoing project are included in the exhibition: Revival Field diorama and Revival Ramp etching. Most notably is his 1990 Revival Field, a pioneering project in “green remediation,” which uses plants to extract toxic metals from soil. THESE IMAGES ARE PAINTINGS FROM A PERIOD OF INDUSTRIALIZATION AND ARE PARTICULAR FAVORITES. THESE PAINTINGS SEEK TO EXPLORE THE BOUNDARIES OF INVENTION. Chin and Turk’s work selected for this exhibition focuses on sculpture dealing primarily with the natural world.Įnvironmental issues have been central to Mel Chin’s work for many years. Home 1-91 ORIGINAL AIRBRUSH PAINTINGS FOR YOUR HOME Double click here to add text. This exhibition presents works from these two award winners of the MacArthur Fellowship-sometimes referred to as a “genius grant”-in a variety of techniques and media, including wood, stone, aluminum, water, and sound.
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