Lawns in the Desert
Photo: Michael Honer
Collaboration with Michael Honer, 1994
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Kathryn
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40 W 23rd Street
Upland, CA 91784
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"Environmental
art, by its very nature, moves beyond the confines of the gallery and
is often motivated by an impulse to integrate artistic practice more
fully into daily life. Southern California artist Kathryn Miler's Seed
Bombs project (1992-1994) physicalizes this transition. Miller, who
notably holds a BS and MA in bilogy as well as an MFA in studio art,
designed portable "seed bombs" which could be used for landscape re-vegetation. Made
of rich soil and the seeds of native California plants compacted into
egg like balls, they have an evocative presence when arranged in a gallery
space. But Miller intends for viewers to take the seed bombs and throw
them somewhere that is in need of planting by building construction,
or otherwise degraded zones. She would like to see native plants flourish
again in these areas. Miller asks to engage iin a social action by using
her artwork, and links the rarefied environment of the gallery spacce
with nature at large." - Alicia Miller, "The growing impact of Ecological
Art," ArtWeek, April 2001, Vol. 32 #4
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