Galleries - August 2022

Gustav Metzger Earth Minus Environment 25 June – 4 September 2022 Kestle Barton Manaccan Helston Cornwall TR12 6HU 01326 231 811 info@kestlebarton.co.uk www.kestlebarton.co.uk For our summer exhibition, we are delighted to present Earth Minus Environment , showing works by the late artist Gustav Metzger (1926 – 2017). This will be the first major exhibition of Metzger in Cornwall, coming as he is recognised as an increasingly important artist, who used art as a form of activism, to raise awareness of the utmost issues challenging the planet. From as early as the 1940s, Metzger believed that environmental destruction was the most urgent challenge of our time. Earth Minus Environment , turns to Metzger’s environmental campaigning and takes its title from a sculptural idea he proposed for the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, 1992. The exhibition navigates what is meant by the word 'environment', encouraging visitors to think critically towards the systems and ideologies that perpetuate environmental harm. Earth Minus Environment brings together three key works that relate to the UN proposal. Mass Media:Today and Yesterday (1971/2022) and Strampelde Bäumf/Flailing Tree (2010/2022) are presented in the gallery, whilst the sculpture Mobbile (1970/2022) is sited in the garden outside. All three artworks point to the environmental consequences of our everyday habits, activities and attitudes. But the artist also invites us to imagine otherwise, so we might develop more harmonious and sustainable relations with each other and with the world around us. This exhibition is supported by the Gustav Metzger Foundation and co-curated along with Dr. Lizzie Fisher of Northumbria University, and Lauren Keeley. The exhibition Earth Minus Environment , will open on the 25th and 26th June with a weekend of talks, workshops, and events that focus on the theme of the environment. Everyone is welcome and further details are available on our website. Image: Gustav Metzger, Mobbile (1970/2022)

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