Zaria Forman: Drawings that show the beauty and fragility of Earth
Zaria Forman: 表现地球美丽和脆弱的绘画
Zaria Forman uses visual art to connect people with the impact of climate change. Full bio
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of climate change through my work.
to the capture the unfolding story
the subsequent rising seas.
the icy coast of Greenland
but equally endangered
似乎不同却同样濒危
of transition, turbulence
不稳定气流
have the chance to visit.
as opposed to the devastation.
of these landscapes,
to protect and preserve them.
that we take action
on our emotions above all else.
that art impacts our emotions
between two and ten feet
to illuminating these projections
that statistics may not.
with traveling to the places
of the experience and the photographs
like charcoal, but colors.
是干性画材,但是色彩丰富
but others call them painting.
而其他人则认为是多彩的拼接
as a "finger painter."
my fingers and palms
the composition as a whole,
through glassy water,
takes me about,
大约需要10秒钟
250 hours for something that size.
大致需要200或250小时
I could hold a crayon, really.
我就已经在绘画了
在我成长的过程中
all over the house.
remote regions of the earth,
on these adventures.
near the North Pole.
I led my first expedition,
我开始了我的第一次远征
up the northwest coast of Greenland.
去了格陵兰岛的西北海岸
supposed to lead this trip.
stages of planning,
her body and mind,
never wavered, and I made a promise
with movement and sound
that I experienced.
of the ice is evident,
under the unseasonably warm sun.
many of the Inuit communities in Greenland
of vast areas of sea ice
freezing over as they once did.
and harvesting grounds
of life and survival.
甚至生存
contributing factors to rising sea levels,
I visited the Maldives,
我前往了马尔代夫
in the entire world.
images and inspiration
on the coast of a nation
within this century.
amidst the melting ice.
of the landscape she loved so much,
and takes on new form.
of what we all stand to lose.
of sublime landscapes in flux,
and inspiring our global community
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Zaria Forman - ArtistZaria Forman uses visual art to connect people with the impact of climate change.
Why you should listen
The inspiration for Zaria Forman's drawings began in early childhood when she traveled with her family throughout several of the world's most remote landscapes, which were the subject of her mother's fine art photography. She was born in South Natick, Massachusetts and currently works and resides in Brooklyn, New York. She studied at the Student Art Centers International in Florence, Italy and received a BS in Studio Arts at Skidmore College in New York. Her works have been in publications such as Juxtapoz Magazine, National Geographic Magazine, Huffington Post, and the Smithsonian Magazine.
Recent achievements include participation in Banksy's Dismaland and a solo exhibition at Winston Wächter Fine Art in New York in September and October of 2015. Her drawings have been used in the set design for the Netflix TV series House of Cards.
In August 2012, Forman led Chasing the Light, an expedition sailing up the coast of Greenland, retracing the 1869 journey of American painter William Bradford and documenting the rapidly changing arctic landscape. Continuing to address climate change in her work, Forman traveled multiple times to the Maldives, the lowest-lying country in the world, and arguably the most vulnerable to rising sea levels.
Forman was invited aboard the National Geographic Explorer, traveling to Antarctica as an artist-in-residence in November and December 2015. Her next solo show will take place at Winston Wächter Fine Art’s Seattle location, in February and March of 2017.
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