Radical Nature

Radical Nature – Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet 1969–2009 The beauty and wonder of nature have provided inspiration for artists and architects for centuries. Since the 1960s, the increasingly evident degradation of the natural world and the effects of climate change have brought a new urgency to their responses. Radical Nature is the first exhibition to bring together key figures across different generations who have created utopian works and inspiring solutions for our ever-changing planet.

Radical Nature draws on ideas that have emerged out of Land Art, environmental activism, experimental architecture and utopianism. The exhibition is designed as one fantastical landscape, with each piece introducing into the gallery space a dramatic portion of nature. Work by pioneering figures such as the architectural collective Ant Farm and visionary architect Richard Buckminster Fuller , artists Joseph Beuys, Agnes Denes, Hans Haacke and Robert Smithson are shown alongside pieces by a younger generation of practitioners including Heather and Ivan Morison, R&Sie (n), Philippe Rahm and Simon Starling. Radical Nature also features specially commissioned and restaged historical installations, some of which are located in the outdoor spaces around the Barbican while a satellite project by the architectural collective EXYZT is situated off site.

A fully illustrated catalogue, with a foreword by environmental campaigner and writer Jonathon Porritt, accompanies the exhibition and is available in the Art Gallery Shop on level 3 and online.

Radical Nature was shown at the Barbican Art Gallery from 19 June to 18 October 2009.

Currently showing: The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock, Scotland 9 Jan - 17 Apr 10

Radical Nature
Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet 1969–2009
Kurator: Francesco Manacorda

Künstler: Gruppo A12 , Lara Almarcegui, Ant Farm , Lothar Baumgarten, Joseph Beuys, Agnes Denes, Diller & Scofidio, Mark Dion, EXYZT , Luke Fowler, Richard Buckminster Fuller, Anya Gallaccio, Tue Greenfort, Hans Haacke, Henrik Håkansson, Wolf Hilbertz, Center for Land Use Interpretation , Newton Harrison & Helen Mayer Harrison, Heather & Ivan Morison, R&Sie(n) , Philippe Rahm, Tomas Saraceno, Robert Smithson, Simon Starling, Mierle Laderman Ukeles

Stationen:
Barbican Centre
Dick Institute, Kilmarnock