|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
![]() |
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||
![]() Matthew Moore, "Rotations: Moore Estates," sorghum and wheat on 35 acres of family farm, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 2005. |
|
Matthew Moore
Agricultural art allows Matthew Moore to begin to, in his words, "reconcile the urban with the rural at a time where many historical and cultural practices are in danger of being engulfed." After farming the same land outside Phoenix, Arizona, for four generations, the Moore family faces a certain future in which its land will be converted to residential housing. "With the pace of suburban development, stewardship of the land becomes a major concern," explains the artist. Projects like "Rotations: Moore Estates" help call attention to these transitions through aesthetic events in unexpected settings. For this work, the artist created a one-third scale replica of the layout of the first planned community being built on his family's farmland in Arizona. The homes were planted in sorghum and the roads in black-bearded wheat. For other pieces, Moore cut suburban floor plans into a lawn and a barley field and brought sculptures of rammed earth and wheat into urban gallery environments. The reconciliation he seeks is visually fierce. Information
|
|
|
| © 2010 greenmuseum.org |