Art looks at people and the environment
An exhibit titled “Powerful Fragility” will be on display Feb. 4 to March 19 at the Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F St. Eureka. An Art Alive! reception is slated for Feb. 4 from 6 to 9 p.m.
“Powerful Fragility” reflects people’s relationship to the environment and how they explore the intersection of art, biology and spirituality.
Bridging the ecological philosophies of Alexander Von Humboldt and the earth art and women’s art movements of the 1960s and ’70s and the environmental movement of today, this exhibition asks the question, “How are we part of nature’s web?”
The exhibition presents work by four Bay Area women artists: Hagit Cohen, Kimberly D’Adamo, t.c. moore and Carol Newborg. Each work presents a unique treatment of space and materials. Combining images, fabric art, sculpture, installation, and painting, the four artists will transform the Morris Graves Museum of Art into a place for viewers to experience a deep connection to nature.
Cohen creates contemplative spaces that evoke ritual experience for the viewer. Her large-scale images of seed pods and other overlooked natural objects give them a surprising agency, showing that even the most fragile elements in nature can take center stage and hold power in the campaign for the survival of life on the planet.
D’Adamo Green explores connections between science and emotion, nature and humans, institution and individual.
moore is an environmental artist who uses an array of natural materials to create work which celebrates the organic unity of all living things.
Newborg is inspired by natural forms and sanctuary spaces. She creates art that supports people’s connections to both elements of nature and to each other.
The Morris Graves Museum of Art is open to the public noon to 5p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults; $2 for seniors (age 65 and over), military veterans and students with ID; and free for children 17 and under, families with an EBT card and valid ID and museum members. Admission is always free for everyone on the first Saturday of every month, including First Saturday Night Arts Alive! from 6 to 9 p.m.