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Mike Perry Artist Talk
Artists were once in awe of nature and interested in the formal beauty of the landscape. But today, the threat of climate change and species extinction has changed the way artists engage with the natural world.
Mike Perry, who lives and works in Pembrokeshire, is a contemporary artist who examines interactions of landscapes, nature and industrial society, questioning the romantic mythology of Britain’s wild places.
Perry’s work engages with how we look at and interpret our rural landscapes, challenging the idea of our national parks as areas of wilderness and natural beauty.
His work is distinct in the hyperlocal and apparently mundane nature of his subjects. Rather than epic, aerial vistas of glaciers or oil fields, Perry directs our attention to the overlooked hedgerow or the shell-incrusted plastic flip- flop found whilst beach-combing in West Wales. The drama of Perry’s micro-studies are nonetheless global, holding a tension between their extraordinary aesthetic beauty and the damage inflicted upon nature by human activity.
Date:
17 June 2024, 17:00
Venue:
Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street OX1 2PH
Venue Details:
Ashmolean Lecture Theatre. Also available online.
Speakers:
Speaker to be announced
Organising department:
Ashmolean Museum
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://www.ashmolean.org/event/mike-perry-artist-talk-in-times-of-environmental-crisis
Cost:
£15
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Sarah Casey
