Dear Nature, April – Oct 2023

https://www.sculpturemilwaukee.com/dear-nature

Sculpture Milwaukee presents, Dear Nature, an exhibition curated by Whitney Moon and Jennifer Johung, featuring works from Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee School of Engineering, UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts, and UW-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning. Students and faculty developed artwork in response to Sculpture Milwaukee’s 2022/23 exhibition Nature Doesn’t Know About Us, guest curated by Ugo Rondinone, that explores multiple dimensions of our human intersections with nature.

Dear Nature will be on view from April 21st, 2023 through October 2023 at The Avenue, 275 W Wisconsin Ave Milwaukee, WI 53203

We told our stories, we brought the bright lights and the loud voices, we sat by the fountain hand in hand. We’re thinking back to the good old times, or are we forgetting something? Our lines of communication have been crisscrossed, and we think we have time to spare. Carving riverbanks and measuring tides, shielding ourselves from the sun, we are hidden in bedrock, under green canopies and forest floors muddied by storms. We lay our bones down alone and lose track of where we have been. Traces of the past linger in these halls, whispers echoing familiarity in our ears: “What now, what next?” Enveloping our limbs, the uncertainty of tomorrow casts an electric glow. Beckoning us to slow down, the future leans in, rendering us visible, if only for a moment. Nature, ever present, you are all around us. We’ve been taught to waste not and want not, to make water from air and cities portioned out of dirt. Do you know about us? We are listening for signs and catching signals, reaching towards each other across the vast expanses of human form and planetary time. Tell us: what can we do now? What should we do next?

Sincerely,

Life on Earth