ART:21 at CSPS

ART: 21
Episode 3: Ecology
Legion Arts and the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art have teamed up to present free local screenings of the new season of this acclaimed PBS series. Each episode lasts an hour. This episode (shown at CSPS) introduces viewers to four artists whose works pose questions about the relationships between nature and culture.

Ursula von Rydingsvard works primarily with cedar to create large scale structures. Drawing from her childhood memories of growing up in WWII Polish refugee camps, she creates massive wooden sculptures, which often resemble bowls, tools, and walls, and echo the raw, wooden barracks in which her family was forced to live. Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle’s technologically sophisticated sculptures and video installations employ natural forms such as clouds and icebergs, as well as objects including an umbrella and bullfight ring, as metaphors for understanding difficult social issues from immigration and gun violence to human cloning. For photographer Robert Adams, inspiration comes from the American West. Through his compelling black and white images, he documents scenes and landscapes — from a stripped forest to a sprawling suburban neighborhood — that are beautiful yet disturbing and strike a balance between sober documentation and somber indignation. Mark Dion lives amongst “the world of stuff,” collecting materials from flea markets and yard sales for his installations and public projects, many of which explore our ideas and assumptions about nature. Inspired and intrigued by scientists, natural history museums and laboratory procedures, Dion’s works include an elaborate Vivarium in Seattle for which he constructed a greenhouse to protect and keep alive a fallen tree and its surroundings — a tribute to and appreciation for the complexities of our natural system.
Thu Nov 1 | 7 pm
CSPS | 1103 Third St SE | Cedar Rapids
Free | donations welcome

See all four episodes of Art:21: Romance Oct 18 at CSPS; Protest Oct 25 at the Museum of Art; Ecology Nov 1 at CSPS; and Paradox Nov 8 at the Museum of Art.

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