Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
September 14, 2024 - January 5, 2025
Part of Getty’s region-wide initiative PST ART: Art and Science Collide, the Hammer presents Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice, organized by guest co-curators Glenn Kaino and Mika Yoshitake. The exhibition considers environmental art practices that address the climate crisis and anthropogenic disasters and their inescapable intersection with issues of equity and social justice. Breath(e) features works by more than 20 artists, including works by Mel Chin, Ron Finley, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Garnett Puett, and Lan Tuazon, commissioned specially for this exhibition.
Breath(e) was conceived during the height of the global COVID-19 pandemic and America’s racial reckoning in 2020, and as such explores pressing issues related to the ethics of climate justice, while proposing pragmatic and philosophical approaches to spur discussion and resolution. The exhibition strives to challenge and deconstruct polarized political attitudes surrounding climate justice in America and offers new perspectives around land and indigenous rights of nature.
Artists: Brandon Ballengée Mel Chin Tiffany Chung Ron Finley LaToya Ruby Frazier Cannupa Hanska Luger Ryoji Ikeda ikkibawiKrrr Michael Joo Danil Krivoruchko Xin Liu Yoshitomo Nara Otobong Nkanga Roxy Paine Garnett Puett Rob Reynolds Sandy Rodriguez Sarah Rosalena Bently Spang Mika Tajima Clarissa Tossin Lan Tuazon Yangkura Jin-me Yoon Zheng Mahler