event

PV for '00 Nature

15.May.08
6:30-8:30 pm

Contemporary Art Projects
'00 Nature Part 1
20 Rivington St
London EC2A 3DU
020 7739 1743
info@caprojects.com
www.commentart.com/gallery/Contemporary_Art_Projects
Tube Old Street, Liverpool Street, Shoreditch / Hoxton

Part 2 : 15th May 6:30 - till midnight
We are taking part of Stag and Dagger Festival and will be open till midnigh !!

-A survey of "Nature" in the Art of the Twenty First Century-
Contemporary Art Project is exhibiting Artists who propose work focused on nature in the twenty first century.

What is nature in the twenty first century?
Since the advent of genetic modification we are now able to alter life at its most basic level. As advances are made in science and technology our sphere of control continues to grow. We clear paths through nature, pushing aside the inconvenience of the accidental in order to install the desirable. Does this mean science has given us the ability to control nature? Or is nature, by definition, something that cannot be controlled?

Perhaps nature in the opening years of the 21st Century is not a phenomenon that we can directly refer to. Maybe nature exists as a concept defined solely by the sky, the trees and the flowers; as an idyllic haven irrespective of whether or not it has a human signature. We can talk about getting back to nature, a phrase that imbues nature with a peaceful simplicity that acts as a foil to the apparent chaos of modern life. Is this how we now think about nature?

It is clear that our relationship with nature is always changing and is due to undergo more upheaval as the new millennium proceeds. This exhibition will present the collected thoughts of artists asked to contemplate nature in the Noughties. Free to work in any medium they wish the exhibition will feature a range of different responses to this modern question. It will exist as both a survey of artist’s views and opinions and a demonstration of how artists choose to approach specific subjects in the present day. There will be a accompanying online catalogue at www.commentart.com/catalogue/00_Nature_Catalogue. Which will include writing and images of the work.