Meg Webster's Environmental Installations Explore Nature and Reconnection
Meg Webster's multifaceted approach, featured in Colossal, champions the environment through her immersive installations and large sculptures crafted from natural materials. Her creations, which challenge extractive practices, encourage interaction with elements such as soil and salt presented in geometric designs. For Sculpture Milwaukee, she designed a spiral structure using aluminum and glass, equipped with an irrigation system for a garden. Earlier this year, at Paula Cooper Gallery, she unveiled a significant installation of coiled plant cuttings. At Dia Beacon, her monumental works, including "Cono di Sale (Salt Cone)" (1988) and "Wall of Wax" (1990), were made from salt, earth, and beeswax, showcasing a blend of precision and organic vitality while highlighting the significance of pollinators and plants.
Key facts
- Meg Webster's practice advocates for nature through immersive environmental installations and large-scale sculptures made from organic materials.
- For Sculpture Milwaukee, an aluminum and glass spiral fitted with an irrigation system nourishes an intimate garden.
- At Paula Cooper Gallery earlier this year, a monumental installation made from plant cuttings loosely unfurled in a coiled, almost fox-like form.
- A long-term installation at Dia Beacon filled the post-industrial space with monumental sculptures made of salt, earth, beeswax, and dried brush.
- The works at Dia included "Cono di Sale (Salt Cone)" (1988) and "Wall of Wax" (1990), drawing on the post-minimalist tradition.
- "Soft Broch," first created in 1984, is a tribute to the drystone towers found in Scotland.
- "Glen" (1967) and "Concave Room for Bees" (2016) are rooted in the Land Art movement of the mid-20th century; the latter was installed at Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens.
- Paula Cooper Gallery states that Webster's outdoor installations are designed to enhance the community's appreciation for and understanding of the earth's ecosystem.
Entities
Artists
- Meg Webster
- Derrick Jensen
- Linda Hogan
Institutions
- Paula Cooper Gallery
- Sculpture Milwaukee
- Dia Beacon
- Dia
- Judd Foundation
- Socrates Sculpture Park
- Walker Art Center
- Colossal
Locations
- Milwaukee
- United States
- New York
- Beacon
- Queens
- Ireland
- Scotland
- American Southwest
- Minneapolis