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Art Resilience: from William Morris to Kurt Jackson (or Arts & Crafts to Eco-art )

Art Resilience: from William Morris to Kurt Jackson (or Arts & Crafts to Eco-art ). Philip Cooke, Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development & Centre for Advanced Studies, Cardiff U. William Morris & the Arts & Crafts Movement.

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Art Resilience: from William Morris to Kurt Jackson (or Arts & Crafts to Eco-art )

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  1. Art Resilience: from William Morris to Kurt Jackson (or Arts & Crafts to Eco-art) Philip Cooke, Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development & Centre for Advanced Studies, Cardiff U.

  2. William Morris & the Arts & Crafts Movement • William Morris (1834-1896) was a pioneer of the British Arts and Crafts Movement. • He is best known for his pattern designs, particularly on fabrics and wallpapers. • His vision lay in linking the values of fine art to commercial design - a key stage in the evolution of design as we know it today

  3. Elements of Socialism & Eco-Art 'Portrait of William Morris, aged 53‘ by F. Hollyer (1838-1933) Kelmscott Manor, Morris’ Home

  4. CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904)'Teapot' (1879) • Christopher Dresser rejected the limitations of the Arts and Crafts ideals and positively embraced the techniques of industrial manufacturing. • This design evolution would eventually culminate in the foundation of the Bauhaus School of Art and Design

  5. Arts & Crafts move into Modernism: Art Nouveau to Art Deco • Art Nouveau Glass Vase by René Lalique (1920) • Art Deco Ceramic Vase by Clarice Cliff (1932)

  6. Henry Moore “Memorial Figure”, Dartington Hall (1946)

  7. Randall Page’s “Jacob’s Pillow” • Randall Page’s “Jacob’s Pillow” sculpture at Dartington. • It is also known as the ‘Seed Pod’ and is on the path to the famous ‘Twelve Apostles’ yew trees. • ‘Jacob’s Pillow is the Biblical location of Bethel, entrance to paradise

  8. Site-specific Art • Sculptors • Jacob Epstein • Henry Moore • Olafur Eliasson >>>>>> • Andy Goldsworthy • Anthony Caro • Richard Serra • Painters • Diego Rivera • Roy Lichtenstein • Sol Le Witt • Richard Haas The High Line at 20th St., New York City, an aerial greenway. The vegetation was chosen to recognise the wild plants that had colonized the abandoned railway before it was repurposed.

  9. Environmental Art Worm’s Head, Gower, Wales. Historically named by Vikings 'Wurm' meaning 'dragon' Marco Casagrande Sandworm, Beaufort04 Triennial of Contemporary Art, Wenduine, Belgium 2012

  10. Charles Jencks: Industrial Regeneration “Lady of the North”: Aerial View N.B. Compare the ‘horizontal’ with Burj Khalifa’s ‘vertical’ dimensioning The main viewpoint on the head looks down over Northlandia's face and body

  11. Contrast and PoMo Influence The Portland Building, Oregon (Michael Graves) & “Portlandia”, (Raymond Kaskey)

  12. Eco-Art - Painting • David Tress • Neil Canning His newer work is noticeably grainier and textured in the main focus of each piece; we are taken back to bare elements – rock, sand and wind – a technique simultaneously enabling us to see the full extent of the creative process in each intricate layer He developed an expressionist style involving physically scraping or cutting the painted surface and then repairing it, building up layer upon layer as if to mimic the seasonal sequence of decay and regrowth.

  13. Mary Lloyd Jones • Mary Lloyd Jones is one of Wales’ most popular and established artists. • Mary says of her work: "My aim is to reflect my relationship with the land, an awareness of history, and the treasures of our literary and oral traditions. • I search for devices that will enable me to create multilayered images. • This has led to my involvement with the beginnings of language, early man-made marks and the Ogam and other Celtic alphabets".

  14. Kurt Jackson: Glastonbury to Greenpeace • Jackson’s home is in Cornwall, an inspiration to his artistry, which also extends to print making and sculpture. • Has a degree in Zoology and a deep love for the environment. Artist in residence for Glastonbury Music Festival • Accordingly, gives the proceeds from all of his Glastonbury paintings to Greenpeace, a charity that has enjoyed a long relationship with both the festival and Jackson himself.

  15. Discussion • Eco-art is resilient • Its origins are Romantic and counter-industrial • It is design and craft-intensive • It has many evolved sub-branches • Modernism, Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Contemporary Environmental Art grew from “Arts & Crafts” and (Gothic) ‘neo-medievalism’ • It is more strongly represented in sculpture (parks) than painting

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