To Life!: Eco Art in Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet

To Life Eco Art in Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet documents the burgeoning eco art movement from A to Z, presenting a panorama of artistic responses to environmental concerns, from Ant Farm's anti-consumer antics in the 1970s to Marina Zurkow's 2007 animation that anticipates the havoc wreaked upon the planet by global warming. This text is the first international survey of twentieth and twenty-first-century artists who are transforming the global challenges facing humanity and the Earth's diverse living systems. Their pioneering explorations are situated at today's cultural, scientific, economic, spiritual, and ethical frontiers. The text guides students of art, design, environmental studies, and interdisciplinary studies to integrate environmental awareness, responsibility, and activism into their professional and personal lives.

Author: Linda Weintraub
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 09/01/2012
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.60w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780520273627
ISBN10: 0520273621
BISAC Categories:
- Art | History | Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)
- Nature | Ecology

About the Author
Linda Weintraub is author of Art on the Edge and Over: Searching for Art's Meaning in Contemporary Society; In the Making: Creative Options for Contemporary Art and Avant-Guardians: Textlets in Art and Ecology. The first book deciphered vanguard art for popular audiences; the second examined the unique challenges of contemporary art-making; the third introduced the material, thematic, and conceptual innovations being introduced by eco artists.