Global climate change in contemporary art

Yıl 2022, , 429 - 452, 31.12.2022

Figen Girgin

https://doi.org/10.17218/hititsbd.1177977

Cited By: 1

Öz

The relationship between nature and nature-human is one of the main subjects of art since cave drawings. Nature, which serves as a backdrop for the figure, becomes a topic in itself during the Renaissance and later. Along with the Industrial Revolution, the development of technology, the growth of cities, the change in the appearance of cities and pollution are evident in Claude Monet’s drawings on the River Thames in London. Burning too much coal to meet the demand for cheap and reliable energy, and the coal being burned without filtering, causes air pollution, which is revealed in the foggy image Monet loved in London and in his paintings. Umberto Boccioni, on the other hand, saw the steam coming out of trains and the exhaust gas coming out of cars as a reflection of the dynamic conditions of modern life and associated it with movement and progress. With factories and factory chimneys stripped of human presence and polluting the sky, Charles Sheeler was emphasizing a new landscape under the influence of industrialization. Although environmental pollution can be seen in these artworks, this was not the main thing that the artists wanted to bring to the agenda. As the end of the 20th century approaches, the issues of environmental pollution and climate change, which are mentioned together with land art, begin to be emphasized in contemporary art. In these artworks, the aim of the artists is to show the increasing and inevitable effects of climate change and to raise awareness. In this research with descriptive survey model, global climate change; analyzed through the artworks of prominent contemporary artists in this regard.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Climate change, Contemporary art, Art, Environmental pollution, Ecology

Küresel iklim değişikliğinin çağdaş sanata yansımaları

Öz

Doğa ve doğa-insan ilişkisi, mağara çizimlerinden itibaren sanatın ana konularından biridir. Figüre fon olarak hizmet eden doğa, Rönesans ve sonrası başlı başına bir konu haline gelir. Sanayi Devrimi ile birlikte, teknolojinin gelişmesi, şehirlerin kalabalıklaşarak büyümesi, şehirlerin görünümündeki değişim ve kirlilik Claude Monet’nin Londra’daki Thames Nehri üzerindeki çizimlerinde belirgin olarak görülür. Ucuz ve güvenilir enerji talebini karşılamak için çok fazla kömür yakılması ve kömürün filtrelenmeden yakılmış olması hava kirliliğine neden olur ve bu da Monet’nin Londra’da sevdiği ve resimlerindeki sisli görüntü ile açığa çıkar. Umberto Boccioni ise trenlerden çıkan buhar ve arabalardan çıkan egzoz gazını modern hayatın dinamik koşullarının yansıması olarak görmüş ve hareket ve ilerleme ile ilişkilendirmiştir. İnsan varlığından arındırılmış ve göğe kirliliği bırakan fabrikalar ve fabrika bacaları ile Charles Sheeler, sanayileşmenin etkisinde yeni bir manzarayı vurgulamıştır. Bu eserlerde çevre kirliliği görülmesine karşın, sanatçıların gündeme getirmek istedikleri asıl şey bu değildi. Arazi sanatı ile birlikte değinilen çevre kirliliği ve iklim değişikliği konuları, 20. yüzyılın sonlarına yaklaşıldıkça çağdaş sanatta belirgin bir şekilde vurgulanmaya başlanır. Bu eserlerde sanatçıların amacı, iklim değişikliğinin giderek artan ve kaçınılmaz etkilerini göstermek ve farkındalık yaratmak üzerinedir. Betimsel tarama modelli bu araştırmada küresel iklim değişikliği; bu konuda öne çıkan çağdaş sanatçıların çalışmaları üzerinden incelenmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

İklim değişikliği, Çağdaş sanat, Sanat, Çevre kirliliği, Ekoloji

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