On Monday 18th January 2010 we will be visiting the Royal Academy to look at their 'Earth: Art of a changing world' exhibit. It runs from 3 December 2009 - 31 January 2010 at 6 Burlington Gardens. The supporter GSK has this statement published on the website explaining what it is all about:
This second year of GSK Contemporary is an important collaboration between GlaxoSmithKline and the Royal Academy that builds on our long-standing support for the arts in the UK. Creativity and innovation are critical to our business of improving health and well-being, so we want this year's topic 'Earth' to encourage debate, discussion and creative thinking and the role art can play on the relevance that climate change has on our daily lives.
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/gsk-contemporary-season-2009/
This mention of climate change already makes these exhibits very relevant to my current project. Information on the website is scarce but there are pieces of information on the people who will be there as well as a small sample of the best of the exhibit. My favourite piece of the ones I can see on the website is 2 glass orbs that have mini iceburgs in them no doubt representing the polar caps. Below is the information on the site:
Mariele Neudecker, '400 Thousand Generations', 2009.
Steel, fiberglass, water, salt GAC100. 153 x 113 x 55 cm. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Thumm. © the artist. Photo courtesy the artist
I will keep an eye out for this piece when I arrive on Monday and may feature my review on this piece.