Landscape is one of the principal types or genres of subject in art from all cultures. The appreciation of nature for its own sake, and its choice as a specific subject for art, is a relatively recent phenomenon. Landscape has historically been confined to the background of portraits or paintings dealing principally with religious, mythological or historical subjects. Today, landscape continues to be a major theme in art with many artists using documentary techniques such as video, photography and classification processes to explore the ways we relate to the places we live in, and to record the impact we have on the land and our environment. Source: tate.org.uk. AWDB highlighted artist: Paolo Icasas.
A glossary of global art terms, alongside jargon and phrases coined in Southeast Asia. These definitions cite examples of artists, exhibitions, techniques, and more, in which the phrases have been applied.
Land art
Land art, also known as earth or environmental art, is art that is made directly in the landscape, sculpting the land itself into earthworks or making structures in the landscape using natural materials such as rocks or twigs. It can also be art in which artists make artworks in an art space, such as a gallery or museum, by bringing in material from the landscape and using it to create installations. Source: tate.org.uk and AWDB team. AWDB highlighted artist: Ruangsak Anuwatwimon.
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Lumbung
Lumbung is the Indonesian word for a communal rice-barn, where the surplus harvest is stored for the benefit of the community. As an artistic and economic model, it is rooted in principals such as collectivity, communal resource sharing, and equal allocation. Source:www.documenta-fifteen.de AWDB highlighted organisation: Lumbung was embodied in all parts of the collaboration and 'documenta15' exhibition, curated by the Indonesian artist collective ruangrupa.