1st Edition

Art and Nature in the Anthropocene Planetary Aesthetics

By Susan Ballard Copyright 2021
192 Pages 14 Color & 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 14 Color & 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 14 Color & 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines how contemporary artists have engaged with histories of nature, geology, and extinction within the context of the changing planet. Susan Ballard describes how artists challenge the categories of animal, mineral, and vegetable—turning to a multispecies order of relations that opens up a new vision of what it means to live within the Anthropocene. Considering the work of a broad... Read more
Introduction 1. In the Holocene 2. Landscapes of the Anthropocene 3. New Taxonomies 4. Acceleration 5. Moving Beyond Geology

Biography

Susan Ballard is an Associate Professor of Art History at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Winner, the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand's 2022 Best Book Prize!