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| The relationship between
man and nature has been represented in many ways and in many cultural
forms. Visual art, novels, films, and songs all pose questions
and assert opinions about the relationships between humans and
animals, environmental responsibility, the nature of beauty, and
mankind’s place in the landscape. These representations suggest
our simultaneous reliance on and struggle for control over the
natural world. The lessons in this section explore representations
of the natural world made by contemporary artists in a variety
of media including drawing, watercolor, photography, sculpture,
and public interventions in the landscape, soil, and ecosystem. |
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ode
to a view
Subject Area: Language Arts
Artists: Celmins,
Horn, Mann, McElheny, Orozco, Pfeiffer, Schorr, Stockholder, Sugimoto,
Turrell, Tuttle
Artists, writers, painters, sculptors, and filmmakers have all paid
tribute to landscape and nature in different media. This lesson
will have students choose a favorite landscape or place and write
and illustrate an ode to represent the feelings and significance
inspired by that place. The history of the ode in literature and
the pastoral in art will be explored, as well as the role these
forms have in shaping modern attitudes towards nature. (Updated
for Season Three!) |
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landscape
& place
Subject Area: Social Studies
Artists: Celmins, Chin,
Ford, Mann, Schorr, Turrell
Historical depictions of the landscape are often seen as a reflection
of the social policies and commonly held beliefs about people and their
place in the world. This lesson will examine the symbolism of representing
people and animals in the landscape. Students
will study contemporary images of landscapes and natural settings to
create an archive representing their own relationship to the natural world. |
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in
the landscape
Subject Area: Visual & Performng Arts
Artists: Chin, Lin, Nauman,
Orozco, Turrell
Students will use a daily walk to create a work of art. Through documentation
by collecting significant objects, use of a camera, a journal, or other
means, students will represent that route, area, or experience of walking
in visual form. Students will then create an intervention or work of art
in the landscape itself, taking into consideration the ecological and
visual impact of their creative endeavor. Students will compare the strategies
of making art ‘out of’ vs. ‘in’ the landscape. |
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"The
landscape is filled with relics and memories. So many things
are buried in the landscape in Germany. So many uniforms and
medals [...] I was interested in the tradition of photographing
the landscape and finding a way to insert more tension into
it."
— Collier
Schorr
"Every game has a connection to how we conceive
nature and landscape. How we order and we structure reality."
—Gabriel
Orozco
"There would be no reason for a
natural history study that was ten feet by five feet. But that is
one of the things I was interested in doing. Taking small bits of
history and magnifying them....The first animal I painted like this
was a tiger. And after I finished sketching, it was a life-sized
tiger on a sheet of paper. It was actually frightening to be in the
room with it...it could really eat you."
—Walton
Ford
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