"Critical Messages" examines the key environmental issues that face
our region and the many ways contemporary Northwest artists are
responding to those issues in their artwork. Environmental art is a
new kind of mirror, a reflection of our past and a crystal ball
holding visions of the future.
In their approach to environmental concerns, some contemporary
artists face critical issues head on: growth management as seen in
urban/rural conflict; the connection of transportation and urban
sprawl; contested sources of energy; mass production and
consumption; toxic management of land, watersheds, and waters; and
dramatic climate change. Others accent environmental values such as
preservation of wilderness and wetlands, sustainability, and
biodiversity; some even work this interest interst out through the
strategy of artist and nature as co-agents. Finally, some artists
have chosen to enhance the impact of current conditions and
challenges by capturing their apocalyptic vision through poignant
and dramatic renderings. This book reveals the overlapping causes
and effects of these issues in the artworks themselves and in the
resounding voices of the artistic messengers.
Sarah Clark-Langager is director of the Western Gallery and
curator of the Outdoor Sculpture Collection and William Dietrich is
assistant professor of environmental studies at Huxley College,
both at Western Washington University in Bellingham.
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