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Radical Nature: Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet 1969-2009
Opens: 18/06/2009 Closes: 17/10/2009
Barbican, London
We live in eco-conscious times and here’s a major new exhibition that explores nature’s changing role in art since the 1960s. Featuring works from Ant Farm, Joseph Beuys and Simon Starling, each brings an eco-friendly 'can do' approach that just might get you thinking.
For more information visit:
http://www.barbican.org.uk/radical_nature
Buy tickets at:
https://www.barbican.org.uk/eticketing/performancelist.asp?ShoID=16701
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The Observer“There's a proper literature behind all these japes...” Radical Nature is an eclectic anthology of case studies in land art and conceptualism, without chronology and not much coherent argument. Among a lot of try-hard Johnny-come-lately duffers...
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Financial Times“The show just doesn’t hang together...” There are compelling fragments and the exhibition extends beyond the museum with installations across the city – although, oddly, there is nothing on guerrilla gardening, the most spontaneous, provocative and urban form of environmental art...
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this is london“The Barbican has suddenly become an esoteric allotment...” Given the underlying seriousness of its subject, Radical Nature comes across as a little whimsical. The overall sense is one of gentle melancholy or resignation, rather than anger, or belief that anything can be changed...
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Art Review“Sustainable living is the lesson....” Puts the visitor in the odd position of knowing that though his visit is a net loss to nature, he is helping in the greater cause of convincing... who, exactly? This is preaching to the converted, to make you feel smug about knowing better...
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The Times“Cross between summer solstice at Stonehenge and the Chelsea Flower Show...” Beyond self-congratulatory displays of their green credentials, they don’t get much farther than fantasy. Forget houses built on foundations of sand: here is a firm of architects who make a building from water. It’s a wonderful exuberant dream...
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