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"A Paradox": The Dilemma Of Environmental Art

By Daniel Nash
Billionaire Magazine

How do you balance the need to show the realistic devastation wrought on the planet, with needing to create a work of beauty?

It's a paradox I've lived with for decades. The beauty is the hook. It draws people in. But then there’s the dissonance. Once you’re close, you realize the subject is industrial scars, mining pits, or polluted rivers. That moment of realization, that tension between form and content, is exactly where I want people to linger. The work isn’t about condemnation. It’s about comprehension. I believe beauty can be a powerful way to hold attention, to provoke thought, and to give difficult subjects a chance to be truly seen, even in domestic or personal spaces.

Read the full interview here.

Source: https://www.bllnr.com/art-craftmanship/bea...