Peter Beard is probably one of the earliest modern artists to turn his hand to the issues of Man’s ever-increasing impact on the planet and the resulting death and destruction. Using a photographic medium, Beard starting by documenting, in the 1960s, the destruction of wildlife habitat and the death of over 35,000 elephants and 5,000 [...]
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Sex, Celebrity and Conservation – The Art of Peter Beard
10 May 2010, 3:11 pm
Filed under Photography, Social/Activist Art.
Tagged Africa, animals, man and nature
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ext Inked – Tattooes for Life
5 December 2009, 1:37 pm
How much do people care about the extinction of species? It turns out that a significant number of people care enough to become ‘permanent ambassadors’ of an endangered species. In a unique activist, social work of art, The Ultimate Holding Company, a co-operative based in Manchester, England, has just completed a project entitled ext Inked. [...]
Filed under Conceptual Art, Social/Activist Art.
Tagged biodiversity, endangered species, social art, tattoo
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