This article is part of the Fine Arts & Exhibits special section on the art world’s expanded view of what art is and who can make it.
What if people could see what is driving climate change?
Months before fires raged across the globe, that question was posed by the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas, leading to its group show, “If the Sky Were Orange: Art in the Time of Climate Change.”The exhibition’s guest curator, the climate writer Jeff Goodell, said the show title was inspired by a comment a scientist made to him nearly two decades ago: If greenhouse gasses turned the sky a different color, humans would be more aware of the accumulation of carbon emissions and better understand the consequences.
The exhibit features work by over 50 artists depicting generations of human activity that led to climate change.
The show runs through Feb. 11 in two sections, the first pulling from the museum’s collection with pieces from as early as 1619 (two of the printmaker Jacques Callot’s etchings of the seven deadly sins: gluttony and greed), as well as recent paintings, photographs, works on paper and sculptures.
Persons:
Jeff Goodell, Jacques Callot’s
Organizations:
Fine Arts, Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas