Artists for Blue

36 artists have created work about the wonder of the high seas to help protect the oceans

Loredana Nemes, Greed 07, 2014, silver gelatine print 1/2

Artists for BLUE is on show in London until 12 December, and includes the work of 36 well-known artists including Chris Levine, Hamish Mackie, Nancy Cadogan, and Andrea Hamilton, who is also an ambassador for Blue Marine Foundation. Works in the show range ‘from bronze sculptures and oil paintings to cyanotypes, photograms and LED light-based works, reflecting an ongoing connection to, and observation of, the ocean.’ Many of the artists live in coastal towns and create works in response to climate change.

Also known as BLUE, Blue Marine Foundation was set up in 2010 by some of the team behind the award-winning documentary ‘The End of the Line’, and is dedicated to creating marine reserves and establishing sustainable models of fishing – including the effective protection of 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030.

“Scientists, like artists, have a deep and often intuitive understanding of the natural world that comes from close and continued observation,” said curator Nico Kos Earle. “What makes this show so exciting is not only how many insights are shared, despite the different approaches to subject matter, but that both inspire a greater love for our oceans. Together, they remind us that when you love something, your instinct is to protect it.”

Andrea Hamilton, Horizon Burst, Blue, pigment prints on alu-dibond

Emma Levine, Blue Coral, 2016, silk, paper, acrylic, pigment, pins, 94x78 cm

Ginny Pavry from the Reading Water series 2, cyanotype on paper, 2017

Angela Palmer, LIFE JACKET, Bronze, edition of 3

Artists for BLUE

Until Thursday 12 December
 68 Kinnerton Street, London, SW1X 8ER

Top image: Ginny Pavry from the Reading Water series, cyanotype on paper, 2017

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