When There Were Borders And Maps:
The Grandeur Of Nature
National Endowment for the Arts
Big Read 2024:
The Bear
This exhibition is a critical component of Eastern’s fourth consecutive National Endowment of the Arts, Big Read Award –Andrew Krivak's novel, The Bear (2019). The title of this exhibition originates from Krivak’s earlier novel, The Sojourn (2012), which describes a primordial place – a land “of no maps or borders, no rifles or artillery, no men or wars to claim possession of land, and snow and rock alone parried in a match of millennial slowness…” The land, in its ancient grandeur before human greed descended upon it, weaves a vivid thread through Krivak’s writing.
When There Were No Maps and No Borders: The Grandeur of Nature presents:
Fourteen participating artists share their concerns for our planet through their art. These pieces reflect climate change, pandemics, involuntary migration, racial discrimination, conflicts, and wars; these crises are affecting our Earth every day. Ten Connecticut-based and four international artists, hailing from such diverse parts of the globe as India and Germany, have created paintings, installations, photographs, and videos documenting the deterioration of our most basic natural resources without regard to geography or national borders.
