From the frigid Arctic to the tropical island of New Guinea, the Department of Art History Gallery and the American Museum of Asmat Art present a joint exhibition, CHANGE, that considers the impact of climate crisis through an artistic lens.
In June of 2022, Sarah Nelson arrived on Svalbard, an archipelago in the northern most region of our planet. There she boarded a barquentine vessel, the Antigua, for an artist residency with twenty-eight other artists and scientists. They sailed north along the coastline until there was nothing between them and the absolute North Pole. CHANGE: An Arctic Journey is both an invitation into Nelson’s time at sea, and a response to the magnificence and rapid change in the earth’s Northern Polar Region.
On view through May 24, 2022 at the Department of Art History Gallery.
