ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT is a traveling museum exhibition the purpose of which is 1.) to recognize, document, and share the work of leading contemporary artists who chose to focus their work on global as well as local environmental issues; and 2.) to heighten public awareness and concern about the degradation of diverse environments through the power of art. Traditional art generally depicts nature in all of its glory, often in beautiful, pristine conditions. The 75 paintings, photographs, prints, installations, and sculptures in ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT are different from traditional works of art because they deal with ominous environmental issues and implications ranging from industrial scale resource consumption and development, to oil spills, the perils of nuclear energy, global warming, and many other phenomenon that impact and inflict people and other inhabitants which populate the planet today. To produce ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, Curator David Wagner draws upon a diverse range of artists whose works are not only hard-hitting, but which also propel the Environmental Movement in the modern age we live in. These artists include:
EXHIBITION ARTISTS (Alphabetical by Last Name)
Arnold, Chester, Sonoma, CA Bateman, Robert, Fulford Harbour, BC, Canada Burtynsky, Edward, Toronto, ON, Canada Chapel, San Francisco, CA Dawson, Robert, San Francisco, CA deLeiris, Lucia, Watertown, MA Denny, Drew, Guerneville, CA
Doyle, Chris, Brooklyn, NY Ferguson, Walter W., Beit Yanai, Israel Forman, Zaria, Brooklyn, NY
Freda, Britt, Burton, WA Ganz, Sayaka Kajita, Yokohama, Japan (now USA) Goin, Peter, Reno, NV Greene, Scott, Bernalillo, New Mexico Hackenberg, Karen, Port Townsend, WA
Harvey, Guy, Grand Cayman, BWI
Heffernan, Julie, Brooklyn, NY Helsaple, Mary, Sedona, AZ Johnson, Cole, Deposit, NY Kingswood, Ron, Sparta, ON, Canada Lebofsky, Lisa, Bronx, NY
Meilahn, Michael (Mick), Pickett, WI
Misrach, Richard, Berkeley, CA Osborne, Leo, Anacortes, WA Pas, Rick, Lapeer, MI Robertson, Derek, Balmerino, Fife (Near St Andrews), Scotland Sanchez, Diana, Bogotá, Columbia (now USA) Santora, Carol, Kennebunk, ME Stupich, Martin, Albuquerque, NM Ullberg, Kent, Corpus Christi, TX Walter, Bart, Westminster, MD Woolf, Suze, Seattle, WA
(List subject to change.)
September 1 - October 31, 2013 Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH Opening Reception for the Premiere of Environmental Impact:
The Evening of Thursday, August 29, 2013
David Wagner’s exhibition "Environmental Impact" represents a new level of broad yet focused appreciation for the sheer power, promise, and impact of art on the wisdom and sensibilities of current environmental crises. And crises they are. The myriad of artists, media and subject matter encompassed in the exhibition combine to convey a remarkable testimony to the urgency, persuasiveness and abundance of insights, perspectives, and power of art. "Environmental Impact" is packed not with empty mantras to a better state of being for the planet and all that dwell therein, or a blind and grasping homage to the beauty of life itself, but with deeply personal statements that range from lyrical epiphanies to thoroughgoing activist expressionism; from figurative paroxysm to surreal data–crunching.
Viewers of "Environmental Impact" will experience the beauty, the turmoil, the levels of ambiguity and mixed message, but may also feel unexpected pangs of hope, even pragmatic responses to environmental concern and outright disaster.
Take one clear example, that serves as a fitting emblem for the exhibition: the lead painting, by famed Canadian artist Robert Bateman, entitled "Carmanah Contrast". The Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park in British Columbia has been much celebrated for its huge Sitka Spruce, one of which is over a thousand years old and 314 feet high, amid a misty coast range of temperate rain–forest like luxuriance. This park was created as recently as 1990, following outpourings of protests by locals over clear–cutting that had been occurring in the area for years. Bateman’s painting shows both sides of the story: the Creation, and human desecration.
In similar veins, Pieter Breugel showed, in his "Dark Day" and "Hunters in the Snow" (both painted in 1565) barren wintry trees populated by ravens, hunters and their dogs stalking game below, stormy peaks, frozen congeries of the human presence, suggesting a tenebrous looming angst symptomatic of our species’ presence in all directions. But at least the trees remained standing. . . . Click here to continue.
Chester Arnold Holding Pond 1996, Oil on linen, 60 x 72 inches Collection of the Artist; Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco
Chester Arnold Miracle of Frogs 2008, Oil on linen, 46 x 54 inches Collection of the Artist; Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco
Chester Arnold Moving Day 2009, Oil on linen, 56 x 84 inches Collection of the Artist; Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco
Robert Bateman Carmanah Contrasts 1989, Acrylic on Masonite, 40 x 45 inches Collection of Birgit and Robert Bateman
Robert Bateman Vancouver Island Elegy 1989, Acrylic on Canvas, 42 x 46.5 inches Collection of Birgit and Robert Bateman
Robert Bateman Wildlife Images 1989, Acrylic on Canvas, 40 x 45 inches Collection of Birgit and Robert Bateman
Robert Bateman Driftnet (Pacific White-sided Dolphin & Lysan Albatross) 1993, Acrylic on Canvas, 36 x 36 inches Collection of Birgit and Robert Bateman
Edward Burtynsky Rock of Ages #4, Abandoned Section, Adam-Pirie Quarry, Barre, Vermont 1991, Chromogenic Colour Print, 47 x 39 inches Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario. Gallery purchase with financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program 1996
Edward Burtynsky Oxford Tire Pile #2, Westley, California 1999, Chromogenic Colour Print, 40 x 50 inches Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, gift of the Artist 2008
Edward Burtynsky Shipbreaking #24 Chittagong Bangladesh 2000, Chromogenic Colour Print, 36 x 43 inches Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, gift of the Artist 2008
Edward Burtynsky Highway #1, Intersection 105 & 110, Los Angeles, CA 2003, Chromogenic Colour Print, 39 x 49 inches Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario, gift of the Artist 2008
Chapel Bound 2009, Cast bronze, Stainless Steel Mirror, Marble, 39 x 10 inches Collection of the Artist
Chapel Rising Tides 2010, Cast Bronze With a Limestone Cap, 15 x 14 x 6 inches Collection of the Artist
Robert Dawson Homes Built on Prime Farmland, Discovery Bay, California 1986, Digital Color Inkjet Print, 20 x 24 inches
Robert Dawson Irrigation, Imperial Valley, Arizona 1991, Black and White Gelatin Silver Print, 20 x 24 inches
Robert Dawson Karahnjukar Dam, Iceland 1999, Black and White Gelatin Silver Print, 20 x 24 inches
Robert Dawson Polluted New River, Mexican/American Border, Calexico, California 2000, Black and White Gelatin Silver Print, 20 x 24 inches
Robert Dawson Former Colorado River Wetlands, Sonora, Mexico 2005, Digital Color Inkjet Print, 20 x 24 inches
Robert Dawson Former Mangrove Forest, Now Shrimp Farm, Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam 2006, Black and White Gelatin Silver Print, 20 x 24 inches
Lucia deLeiris The Ross Sea (Antarctica) 2008, Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches Collection of the Artist
Lucia deLeiris The Greenland Sea (Arctic) 2011, Oil on canvas, 24 x 72 inches Collection of the Artist
Drew Denny Goodbye Ice, Goodbye Island 2013, Video, (Trip to Republic of the Maldives, Drew Denny, Zaria Forman, Lisa Lebofsky) View Video Trailer of Ice to Islands
Chris Doyle Apocalypse Management Panorama 2009, Duratrans on LED Light Box, 20 x 60 inches Collection of the Artist; Courtesy of Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco
Chris Doyle History of the 20th Century 2010, Duratrans on LED Light Box, 11.5 x 60.25 inches Collection of the Artist; Courtesy of Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco
Walter W. Ferguson Save the Earth 1989, Oil on canvas, 47.75 x 37.75 inches
Walter W. Ferguson Apocalypse 1992, Oil on canvas, 43 x 51 inches
Walter W. Ferguson Save the Seashore (Mediterranean Shore Pollution) 1993, Oil on canvas, 27.5 x 37.75 inches
Zaria Forman Maldives #1 (Waves crashing on the shores of the Maldives) 2013, Soft Pastel on Paper, 45.5 x 65.5 inches
Courtesy of: Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle
Britt Freda Cairn 1: Really, is this where we are? 2011, Acrylic on Cotton/Linen Canvas, 30 x 40 inches
Britt Freda Things That Sting: What happens if the things that sting no longer forage in our fields or buzz in our ears? 2011, Acrylic and Charcoal on Cotton/Linen Canvas, 24 x 48 inches
Britt Freda When Building Cairns, Use Wishing Rocks 2013, Acrylic on Cotton/Linen Canvas, 36 x 52 inches
Sayaka Kajita Ganz Travelers 2013, Reclaimed Plastic & Metal, 57 x 24 x 26; 2 @ 45 x 16 x 18 inches
Peter Goin Bravo 20 (Military bombing site, with Lone Rock Mountain) 1986, Pigment Print, Hahnamuhle Watercolor Paper 350 gsm, 30 x 85.5 inches
Peter Goin Trinity Site (World’s first nuclear detonation) 1988, Pigment Print, Canson Rag Photographique 310 gsm, 30 x 90 inches
Peter Goin West 7th Street, Reno 1990, Pigment Print, Somerset Velvet Paper 255 gsm, 24.5 x 83 inches
Peter Goin Fire, Jepson Prairie (Wild Fire in the Sacramento Delta, California) 2007, Pigment print, Hahnamuhle Watercolor Paper 350 gsm, 30 x 90 inches
Scott Greene Oasis 2010, Oil on canvas on panel, 20 x 30 inches Collection of the Artist; Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco
Scott Greene UV Celltree 2013, Oil on Canvas on Panel, 45 x 92 inches Collection of the Artist
Scott Greene La Bajada Bluff 2013, Oil on Canvas on Panel, 50 x 50 inches Collection of the Artist; Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco
Karen Hackenberg Shades of Green; Amphorae ca. 2012 2012, Oil on Canvas, 26 x 50 inches Collection of the Artist
Guy Harvey Gulf Life - Brown Pelican (Gulf Oil Spill) 2010, Watercolor, 31.625 x 28.625 inches Collection of the Artist
Guy Harvey Gulf Life - Blue Marlin (Gulf Oil Spill) 2011, Watercolor, 31 x 28 inches Collection of the Artist
Julie Heffernan Budding Boy 2010, Oil on Canvas, 78 x 56 inches Courtesy of Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco and P.P.O.W., New York
Julie Heffernan Pink Landslide 2012, Oil on Canvas, 70 x 56 inches Courtesy of Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, P.P.O.W., New York, Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City (Los Angeles)
Mary Helsaple Diversity VS Destruction – Diptych (Amazon Rainforest) 1994, Watercolor on Paper, 48 x 36; 48 x 36 inches Collection of the Artist
Mary Helsaple Trouble in Paradise (Amazon Rainforest) 1994, Watercolor on Paper, 36 x 48 inches Collection of the Artist
Cole Johnson NYSEG's Victim (New York State Electric and Gas Line and Red-tail Hawk) 2011, Graphite, 40 x 50 inches
Ron Kingswood Clear Cut 2003, Oil on Canvas, 60 x 54 inches
Ron Kingswood Takken in het bos (Forest Succession) 2005, Oil on Canvas, 100 x 90 inches
Lisa Lebofsky Petzval Glacier 2011, Oil on Aluminum, 40 x 64 inches
Michael (Mick) Meilahn Reality (Corn Genetic Engineered) 2012, Blown Glass and Cast Bronze, 9 x 9 x 9 feet Collection of the Artist
Richard Misrach Untitled (New Orleans and the Gulf Coast) 2005, Archival Color Pigment Print, 10.75 x 14.5 inches New Orleans Museum of Art, gift of the Artist
Richard Misrach Untitled (New Orleans and the Gulf Coast) 2005, Archival Color Pigment Print, 10.75 x 14.5 inches New Orleans Museum of Art, gift of the Artist
Richard Misrach Untitled (New Orleans and the Gulf Coast) 2005, Archival Color Pigment Print, 10.75 x 14.5 inches New Orleans Museum of Art, gift of the Artist
Richard Misrach Untitled (New Orleans and the Gulf Coast) 2005, Archival Color Pigment Print, 10.75 x 14.5 inches New Orleans Museum of Art, gift of the Artist
Leo Osborne Still Not Listening (Valdez Oil Spill) 1989, Maple Burlwood and Vinyl Caulking, 21 x 24 x 8 inches
Leo Osborne The Ploy 2006, Maple Burlwood , 19 x 19 x 7 inches
Leo Osborne MO-BEE-US 2013, Maple Burl Wood, Epoxy and Gold Leaf, 14 x 14 x 6 inches
Rick Pas Parking Lot Sparrows 1983, Mixed Media, 27 x 33 inches
Rick Pas Robin Overpass 2009, Acrylic on Panel, 27 x 33 inches
Derek Robertson Boat Song of The Puffin 2010, Watercolor, 20 x 22 inches Courtesy of Tony and Elaine Halligan, London, England
Derek Robertson After Bandrum 2010, Oil on canvas textured paper, 32 x 26 inches Collection of the Artist
Diana Sanchez Untitled #3 (from the Circus: A Guilty Pleasure Series) 2005, Gelatin Silver Print, 11 x 14 inches Collection of the Artist
Diana Sanchez Happy (from the Zoo Series) 2008, Archival Pigment Print, 9.25 x 14 inches Collection of the Artist
Diana Sanchez Two Tigers Hunting (from the Museum Series) 2010, Archival Pigment Print, 9.25 x 14 inches Collection of the Artist
Carol Santora Roaring Silenced (Critically Endangered Siberian Tigers) 2003, Mixed media, 24 x 32 inches Collection of the Artist
Carol Santora Last Killed (The last Bali Tiger, killed on September 27, 1937) 2003, Mixed media, 22.5 x 27 inches Collection of the Artist
Carol Santora Losing Ground (Jaguar) 2003, Acrylic, mixed paper collage on paper, 11.75 x 22.25 inches Collection of the Artist
Martin Stupich Forty-two-inch Gas Pipeline Section (Construction Staging Area near Sinclair, Carbon County, WY) 2006, Pigment Inkjet on Acid Free Fine Art Photo Paper, 25 x 32 inches Collection of the Artist
Martin Stupich Iron Pipe Merging with Alkali Lake Bed (South of Baroil, Sweetwater County, WY) 2006, Pigment Inkjet on Acid Free Fine Art Photo Paper, 25 x 32 inches Collection of the Artist
Martin Stupich ASARCO El Paso Copper Smelter in Early Stage of Demolition (Aerial view from over Ciudad Juárez looking northwest) 2011, Pigment Inkjet on Acid Free Fine Art Photo Paper, 32 x 23 inches Collection of the Artist
Martin Stupich Rio Tinto Bingham Open Pit Copper Mine, Near Salt Lake City, UT (View to Northwest Corner) 2012, Pigment Inkjet on Acid Free Fine Art Photo Paper, 23 x 32 inches Collection of the Artist
Martin Stupich Rio Tinto Bingham Open Pit Copper Mine, Near Salt Lake City, UT (Switchbacks on the North Face of the Pit) 2012, Pigment Inkjet on Acid Free Fine Art Photo Paper, 23 x 32 inches Collection of the Artist
Kent Ullberg Requiem (Maquette for Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Monument) 1989, Bronze, 26.5 x 8 x 8 inches Collection of the Artist
Kent Ullberg Interdependency 2011, Stainless Steel, 33 x 18 x 11 inches Collection of the Artist
Bart Walter Climate Change 2010, Bronze, 15.5 x 9 x 8 inches Collection of the Artist
Suze Woolf The Landscape of Fire(Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada)
2012, Watercolor on Paper, 57 x 20 inches Collection of the Artist
LENDERS (Other than artists) David J. Wagner, L.L.C., wishes to recognize and thank lenders of artworks and various individuals who facilitated loans, including:
Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Catharine Clark, President
Website: cclarkgallery.com
Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City (Los Angeles), CA
Mark Moore, Principal; Catlin Moore, Director
Website: markmooregallery.com
New Orleans Museum of Art
New Orleans, LA
Website: noma.org
Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON, Canada
David Huff, Curator of Collections
Website: tomthomson.org