\n The work of Lucy+Jorge Orta e xplores the major concerns that define the 21st century: biodiversity\, en vironmental conditions\, climate change\, and exchange among peoples. At t he same time\, this work embodies the philosophy that steers their pioneer ing art practice\, “the ethics of aesthetics.” As heirs to the practice of social sculpture\, formulated by Joseph Beuys in the 1960s\, the Ortas’ w orks are\, in a sense\, reflections of their own function—beguiling assemb lages that are the platform for the preparation of food\, mechanisms that actually purify water\, and elements that they created for their 2007 expe dition to Antarctica and that are part of an effort to amend Article XIII of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The works in the exhibi tion are metaphors-in-action\, constructions that perform the tasks of whi ch they are emblematic. It is in their ability to actually function\, albe it awkwardly and haltingly\, that these objects gain power as works of art created to move us to awareness and action. FOOD-WATER-LIFE---LUCY+JORGE ORTA is curated by guest curators Ginger Gregg Duggan and Judith Hoos Fox of c2 curatorsquared\, and is co-sponsored by the College of the Environme nt with additional support from the Department of Art and Art History.
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\n\n 'Parallel and feeding into their studio practice of sculpture and paintin g\, [Lucy+Jorge Orta] stage ephemeral interventions\, performances\, [and] workshops\, which explore the crucial themes of the contemporary world.'< /p>\n
\n —Sublime Magazine (London)
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