Environmental Art

With everyone jumping on the green wagon, it’s no surprise the artists have already been doing it for quite a while, going green that is. Sustainable art, site-specific art, or land art is the use of materials found in nature or material that are organic and can decompose in nature and leave no footprint. It is associated mostly with sculpture.  This became popular back in the 60’s. Landscape artist Alan Sonfist did a project in New York called Time Landscape. He was one of the first to bring awareness to urban forests and their necessity.

There are many environmental artists out there. All you got to do is google it. It has certainly began to make me aware of the long term effects of work that I make now. Many chemicals, wood and other materials that use up a lot of trees. It might be just the challenge to take on; to see how many beautiful things could be created for a period of time but then discipate or biodegrade.

There are some excellent examples of this right here in Chattanooga, companies who have thought of ways to make art and design that is environmentally conscious like Tricycle Inc. and Green | Spaces.

Food for thought. And pretty pictures……