I took this picture two weeks ago after seeing the great exhibition
Anthropocene at the National Gallery in Ottawa by the collective of Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier. The show is very powerful and should be seen by anyone even slightly interested in the environment. Edward Burtynsky is not only one of the foremost landscape photographers but also a great environmentalist. I chose this image of elephant tusks. In the exhibition Jennifer Baichwald shows the burning of these tusks from 7000 elephants, which were confiscated from poachers by the Kenyan government. It is a very powerful and emotional documentary. Two days ago, the WWF published their report
The Living Planet 2018 document an astonishing decline since the nineteen seventies of 60% in the size of populations of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians largely linked to human activity.
So, if you get a chance go and see this very important exhibition at the National Gallery or the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto.
2 comments:
Thanks for keeping us blog viewers 'in-the-know' on what is happening in our art world. Nice presentation of the the exhibit at the art gallery.
Thanks John. Yes it is a great and emotionally strong exhibition.
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