In 1982, artist Agnes Dene planted two acres of wheat in a New York landfill. Makes quite a statement, and a great photo too.
Just one image from the Barbican’s new exhibition Radical Nature, which sounds fantastic:
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.
The exhibition opens today and runs until the 18th of October.
A couple more ingenious artworks below…
I love the idea of confronting people with their own waste by painting a mirror onto a disposal lorry, as Mierle Laderman Ukeles did in 1983:
And Mobile Wilderness Unit: Wolf by Mark Dion is a thought-provoking blend of the comic and the tragic.
The Earthbound Report 