Joseph Beuys
The End of the Twentieth Century (1983–5)
Tate
Anselm Kiefer
Lilith (1987–9)
Tate
Environmental art often takes the form of installation. The term came into use in the late 1960s and is often closely related to land art.
Environmental art
Environmental art is art that addresses social and political issues relating to the natural and urban environment
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To the Ends of the Earth: Art and Environment
Introducing the group of articles devoted to the theme of ‘Art & Environment’ in Tate Papers no.17, this essay reflects on changing perceptions of the term ‘environment’ in relation to artistic practices and describes the context for a series of case studies of sites, spaces and processes that extend from the immediate locality to the most remote boundaries of knowledge and experience.
MicroTate 9: Environment special
Climate change is the biggest challenge facing the world. Rising ocean temperatures and increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are clear signs, as David Attenborough has said, that our planet Earth is ‘changing more extremely and swiftly than at any time in the past several million years’. Four leading environmentalists outline their concerns to Tate Etc. taking their cue from a work in the Tate collection.
