Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice
Part of Getty鈥檚 region-wide initiative PST ART: Art and Science Collide, the Hammer presents Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice, organized by guest co-curators Glenn Kaino and Mika Yoshitake. The exhibition considers environmental art practices that address the climate crisis and anthropogenic disasters and their inescapable intersection with issues of equity and social justice. Breath(e) features works by more than 20 artists, including works by Mel Chin, Ron Finley, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Garnett Puett, and Lan Tuazon, commissioned specially for this exhibition.
Breath(e) was conceived during the height of the global COVID-19 pandemic and America鈥檚 racial reckoning in 2020, and as such explores pressing issues related to the ethics of climate justice, while proposing pragmatic and philosophical approaches to spur discussion and resolution. The exhibition strives to challenge and deconstruct polarized political attitudes surrounding climate justice in America and offers new perspectives around land and indigenous rights of nature.
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Part of Getty鈥檚 region-wide initiative PST ART: Art and Science Collide, the Hammer presents Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice, organized by guest co-curators Glenn Kaino and Mika Yoshitake. The exhibition considers environmental art practices that address the climate crisis and anthropogenic disasters and their inescapable intersection with issues of equity and social justice. Breath(e) features works by more than 20 artists, including works by Mel Chin, Ron Finley, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Garnett Puett, and Lan Tuazon, commissioned specially for this exhibition.
Breath(e) was conceived during the height of the global COVID-19 pandemic and America鈥檚 racial reckoning in 2020, and as such explores pressing issues related to the ethics of climate justice, while proposing pragmatic and philosophical approaches to spur discussion and resolution. The exhibition strives to challenge and deconstruct polarized political attitudes surrounding climate justice in America and offers new perspectives around land and indigenous rights of nature.
Artists on show
- Bently Spang
- Brandon Ballengee
- Cannupa Hanska Luger
- Clarissa Tossin
- Danil Krivoruchko
- Garnett Puett
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- Jin-me Yoon
- Lan Tuazon
- LaToya Ruby Frazier
- Liu Xin
- Mel Chin
- Michael Joo
- Mika Tajima
- Otobong Nkanga
- Rob Reynolds
- Ron Finley
- Roxy Paine
- Ryoji Ikeda
- Sandy Rodriguez
- Sarah Rosalena
- Tiffany Chung
- Yangkura
- Yoshitomo Nara
- Zheng Mahler
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