{"product_id":"the-artist-as-ecologist-contemporary-art-and-the-environment-9781848225237","title":"The Artist as Ecologist: Contemporary Art and the Environment","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow are contemporary artists responding to the climate crisis? Filipa Ramos takes an original approach to the subject by addressing two parallel strands. She looks firstly at pioneering approaches to ecology by key contemporary artists from different generations and cultural backgrounds working in different art media; and she considers the balance between ecology as theme and ecology as practice, underscoring the imperative for both artists and art institutions to adopt responsible environmental positions in their practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis topical and important book discusses the work of artists who have returned to the land; reviews how questions of shared rights and environmental justice are represented in contemporary artistic practice; highlights the renewed importance of performance and time-based media in ecologically themed art; and looks at artists' and art institutions' complex relationship to environmental action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Filipa Ramos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 5.36w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848225237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilipa Ramos is a curator and writer whose work intersects art, moving images and ecology. She is a Lecturer on the Masters Programme at the Arts Institute of the Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Basel, where she leads the Art and Nature seminars, and Artistic Director of Loop Festival, Barcelona. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Shape of a Circle in the Mind of a Fish\u003c\/i\u003e (as co-editor) and \u003ci\u003eAnimals\u003c\/i\u003e (as editor). By merging curatorial practice, writing and transdisciplinary research, Ramos has expanded the discourse of Art History towards an ecological sensibility, encouraging museums, curators and artists to envisage art as a catalyst for social and environmental change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Filipa Ramos \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47834215383197,"sku":"9781848225237","price":71.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_fc326913-d207-4579-be76-51439196a04c.jpg?v=1776146576","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-artist-as-ecologist-contemporary-art-and-the-environment-9781848225237","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}