ESCONI member Andrew Young is participating in a new art exhibition at the Illinois State Museum. The exhibition is called "human / nature: the weight of our actions on the natural world". It runs from July 31st, 2021 until January 29th 2022 and is sure to be an enlightening and stimulating experience. Check it out! Human Nature exhibition press release - Illinois State Museum
human/nature brings together artists who address our relationship to the natural world as the source of our sustenance. How do we see that relationship? Do we think of resources as endless and only for our benefit? Do we see ourselves connected with the natural world or separate from it? These artworks look at our perceptions and beliefs about this relationship and the consequences of our actions.
Current thinking around ecology urges us to understand our connection with nature as a relationship based on shared necessity. We need nature’s resources, but we also need to give in return, like any good relationship. It is the work of our lifetime to give back and understand the return required for what we take.
Participating artists: Barbara Ciurej & Lindsay Lochman, Hector Duarte, Lora Fosberg, Jin Lee, Nora Moore Lloyd, Andrew Young
Curator: Doug Stapleton, Associate Curator of Art, Illinois State Museum
