July 2018: Featured Artist |
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French-American Environmental Artist & Founder of the Time Shrine Foundation:
Anne de Carbuccia
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Photo Credit: Anne de Carbuccia
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Anne de Carbuccia is a French-American environmental artist who was born in New York and grew up in Paris. She now splits her time between Milan and New York. Anne studied anthropology and art history at Columbia University. Afterward, she began traveling to remote places in the world, creating and photographing temporary installations (TimeShrines) that document and preserve the memory of endangered places, animals and cultures. She established the Time Shrine Foundation and the project One Planet One Future which use the artistic photographs taken by Anne on her expeditions to raise awareness on human-caused threats to the environment (war, pollution, toxic waste, trash, etc.) in order to encourage sustainable behaviors and lifestyles. Her images have been exhibited in museums and other public institutions in Europe and the U.S. and are part of several private collections. Her project ONE: One Planet One Future is permanently exhibited at Westbeth Center for the Arts in New York City and in Milan, Italy.
About Anne's TimeShrines: She calls these installations TimeShrines as a reference to the way in which the installations, though ephemeral, become part of a permanent photographic record. The startling appearance of the TimeShrine in the image invites us to reflect on the planet’s beauty and frailty and inspires us to preserve it. Anne incorporates a human skull, an hourglass and found objects in meaningful and remote locations around the world. She adds organic elements to the shrine, such as whalebones and shells as well as tribal ornaments. Her images - a bold reimagining of classical still life composition - might be described as “live life” imagery. |
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About Time Shrine Foundation: In 2015, Anne founded this nonprofit to raise awareness about vulnerable environments and cultures. The foundation is funded by individual and corporate donations as well as the sale of artwork and sustainable merchandise. Donations are used to organize free exhibitions and to support NGOs that work in the field to protect the animals and environments featured in the artwork. Educational classes are a key component. The foundation collaborates with educational institutions of all levels.
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Click the image above to view video of Anne on location and to learn more
about the inspiration behind Anne's project. |
Beauty and Trash 1
© Anne de Carbuccia |
Beauty and Trash 2
© Anne de Carbuccia |
Lady
© Anne de Carbuccia |
Pink
(Limaroch, Strait of Hormuz, Arabian Sea) © Anne de Carbuccia |
Sudan Dawn
(Kenya) © Anne de Carbuccia |
Dark Forest
© Anne de Carbuccia |
Demoiselle
© Anne de Carbuccia |
Planet
(Grenadines, Caribbean) © Anne de Carbuccia |
Disposable Plastic, Sunset
(Maldives)
© Anne de Carbuccia
(Maldives)
© Anne de Carbuccia
Before the Cyclone
(Refugee Shrine, Lampedusa, Italy) © Anne de Carbuccia |
Liwa, Dusk
(Abu Dhabi) © Anne de Carbuccia |
Sunset and Blue Whale Bone
(Antarctica) © Anne de Carbuccia |
Constellation 1
(Tobago Cays, Caribbean) © Anne de Carbuccia |
Spirit Tree
© Anne de Carbuccia
© Anne de Carbuccia
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In April, Myrna Beth Haskell, managing editor, visited Anne at her permanent gallery space at Westbeth Center for the Arts in New York City. She talked with Anne at length about this ongoing project. Click the button below for the interview.
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