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Radical landscapes : art, identity and activism / edited with introductions by Darren Pih and Laura Bruni.

Contributor(s): Publisher: London : Tate, 2022Description: 240 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781849768122
Subject(s):
Contents:
Our common land – Tear down this wall : reclaiming England from bombs, roads and fences – We walked England before the English – Landscape and empire : colonial contexts and legacies – The wind, the burdens, the spoils : living with the land – Hands on the land – The body of the land – Routes and roots : navigating the rural – Lilies or lichen? The queer natures of Gluck and Claude Cahun – The Earth is a woman and she will rise : imagining pagan ritual and the body of the goddess – Art, time and place for everything in nature – The new old ways : folk traditions, questing and a return to the land – Regenerative geographies – Botany, power & politics – Stepping into action : finding connection in a world of loss – “This means it’s time to rebel – that’s the beauty of this you know” – Abstraction and belonging – Finding common ground : growing urban green spaces for wellbeing and community.
Summary: Investigates the British landscape as a site of artistic inspiration, action and a heartland for ideas of freedom, mysticism, experimentation and rebellion. Contributions from campaigners, naturalists, environmentalists and social historians explore art in the age of the climate crisis.
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Book Book CGLAS Library Gold 704.9436 PIH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 28/02/2025 12418

Our common land – Tear down this wall : reclaiming England from bombs, roads and fences – We walked England before the English – Landscape and empire : colonial contexts and legacies – The wind, the burdens, the spoils : living with the land – Hands on the land – The body of the land – Routes and roots : navigating the rural – Lilies or lichen? The queer natures of Gluck and Claude Cahun – The Earth is a woman and she will rise : imagining pagan ritual and the body of the goddess – Art, time and place for everything in nature – The new old ways : folk traditions, questing and a return to the land – Regenerative geographies – Botany, power & politics – Stepping into action : finding connection in a world of loss – “This means it’s time to rebel – that’s the beauty of this you know” – Abstraction and belonging – Finding common ground : growing urban green spaces for wellbeing and community.

Investigates the British landscape as a site of artistic inspiration, action and a heartland for ideas of freedom, mysticism, experimentation and rebellion. Contributions from campaigners, naturalists, environmentalists and social historians explore art in the age of the climate crisis.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Tate Liverpool, 5 May - 4 September 2022.