Last Thursday's field trip took me to areas of louisville that I've never seen before. It's easy to get excited about the recent developments in the Ville, like the restaurants and housing built at Cardinal Town or the shiny new KFC Yum center. With state of the art accommodations popping up left and right, one has to wonder if there is any money left to clean up Louisville. Our city is known nationwide for air pollution. After visiting rubber town and the landfill site I wondered what has been done to help clean up these toxic parts of town. Thankfully, Louisville's recent community efforts have been helping improve our environment. Concentrations of the most common carcinogen found in our atmosphere have been lowered 75% since 2005.
Betty Beaumont has been referred to as one of the leading figures in environmental art. The Canadian born artist lives and works in the states. Beaumont graduated from Berkeley in the 70's with degrees in environment arts, as well as architecture.
Green Museum: Betty Beaumont
Teddy Bear Island 1973
Teddy Bear Island is an underwater island; submerged due to the construction of a dam, nearby. The artist uses a fragmented space, resulting in the viewer's need to move around in order to see all aspects of the work. The intended experience of Teddy Bear Island, is to be one of an introspective nature. The viewer is to evaluate their personal belief systems due to the unique environment produced by Beaumont. The yellow cables are a metaphorical demarcation of the land. Beaumont's photography of the underwater scene evokes a sense of mystery. Beaumont wants to challenge socially constructed norms and does so by taking art outside of the typical gallery setting.
Green Museum: Betty Beaumont
Teddy Bear Island 1973
Teddy Bear Island is an underwater island; submerged due to the construction of a dam, nearby. The artist uses a fragmented space, resulting in the viewer's need to move around in order to see all aspects of the work. The intended experience of Teddy Bear Island, is to be one of an introspective nature. The viewer is to evaluate their personal belief systems due to the unique environment produced by Beaumont. The yellow cables are a metaphorical demarcation of the land. Beaumont's photography of the underwater scene evokes a sense of mystery. Beaumont wants to challenge socially constructed norms and does so by taking art outside of the typical gallery setting.
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