Morphology & Sublime Climate: Addressing Global Warming

The Cambridge School of Weston, MA | Chappell Gallery, New York, NY | Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY

Following closely on the heels of the release of a report from the National Climatic Data Center (NOAA) indicating that 2006 was the warmest year on record for the United States, comes “Sublime Climate—Addressing Global Warming,” an eclectic art exhibition of talented artists from around the world who use a variety of media to delve into the complexities and critical aspects of global warming. The multi-part series showed at The Thompson Gallery at The Cambridge School of Weston (CSW, Curated by Todd Bartel), the Chappell Gallery at 526 W. 26th Street, New York, NY, and reconfigured in part posthumously at Pelham Art Center.

Titles of Select Pieces : Anatomy of A Wave - Swell, Anatomy of a Wave - Calm Before The Storm, Iceberg Homescape

Wulke is inspired by the ever-changing natural landscape with concern for its ecological health. In some works she encases natural forms speaking to the increasing delicacy of the world around us and the need for stewardship so we may continue to enjoy natures wonders into the future.

The sculptures are constructed of sheet glass, sand blasted glass, and mirror, which glow of ice and crystal appearing to grow out of the earth’s surface like a glacier or floating on the water as an iceberg. The classic house forms and ladders express a playful potential for access.

Geological movement throughout the earth’s history and its resulting land and sea formations is of great interest to me. Ancient rock formations present landscapes that reveal themselves to be sculpted by time, the Storrs of Scotland for example. All landscapes are evolving, shaped by wind, water, fire, ice, and shifting landmass. The Earth is dynamic. It is in constant flux adding and subtracting lands, seas, and species. Since humankind has inhabited the earth the balance of natural time shifts have begun to unravel. We are speeding up the climate change that is part of the natural cycle of the earth putting all living things in peril. I acknowledge the beauty and inspiration of nature through my work with the goal of revealing the urgency of our responsibility for stewardship to keep it accessible, healthy and free to move at its own pace towards the next evolution of land and life forms. We do not want to have the natural landscape become only available to us "underglass".

Joy Wulke 2007

2007 - 2014