Why do people assume artists love nature? Because they’re sensitive? As Woody Allen liked to say, “Nature and I are two.” Kelly Mark hails from the Woody Allen School of Environmental Art. Asked to participate in a nature-friendly exhibit at The Tree Museum, Mark told curator David Liss she wouldn’t and later, agreeing to take part, that she had no intention of visiting the site.
According to Liss, she told him she “despised the outdoors, rural environments and any thing and any activity associated with nature such as insects, dirt, inclement weather, swimming in lakes, etc, and any situation that lacks a full complement of domestic amenities, utilities, appliances and facilities.” (more)
Her contribution, A Little Piece of Heaven, was a set of instructions. She told the curator to plant and maintain the equivalent of a residential lawn in the middle of the site’s wilds.
I’m not sure if the piece passed the Woody Allen test. Allen hates lawns too. Nevertheless, Kelly continues to define her position. From 2009, No Tofu, No Yoga Matt.
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