From Conservation to Sustainability | Works from the Bank of America Collection
Carleton E. Watkins (United States, 1829-1916). Washington Column, c. 1865. Albumen silver print, 20 x 16 in. Bank of America Collection, 75.182.1
Upcoming exhibition
March 20 – August 15, 2027
Located on the third floor of The Baker Museum
The Long View: From Conservation to Sustainability | Works from the Bank of America Collection traces the history and impact of the environmental movement through art. Beginning in the mid-19th century and continuing to the present, the exhibition examines the evolution of our relationship with—and need to protect—the Earth and the artists who have played a role in shaping the environmental conversation.
The Long View: From Conservation to Sustainability features notable early figures of the conservation movement in the United States including John James Audubon and Carleton Watkins. Works including Robert Rauschenberg’s poster celebrating the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, address the developments of sustainability as a 20th-century cultural value of this country, while contemporary artists including Fran Gormley and Aurora Robson consider the progress that is needed to continually steward the lands, shores and seas within and around the United States in the 21st century—and how to reconcile damage done through pollution, waste production and environmental degradation.
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Selected Works
John Sabraw (United Kingdom, b, 1968). Chroma S5 Hudson River, 2019. Hudson Valley brick dst, 24-karat gold leaf, acrylic resin and acrylic paint with acid mine drainage iron oxides on aluminum composite material, 36 x 26 in. Bank of America Collection, 208072
Clare Leighton (United Kingdom, 1898-1989). The Lumber Camp - Landing, 1931. Engraving, 23/100, 19 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. Bank of America Collection, 51675
John K. Hillers (Germany, 1843-1925). Bullion Canyon, Utah, c. 1870. Albumen silver print, 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. Bank of America Collection, 76.220.3
Edward Burtynsky (Canada, b. 1955). Shipbreaking #9ab (diptych), Chitagong, Bangladesh (2000), 2000. Color coupler print, AP 1, 40 x 100 in, Bank of America Collection, 02.675.1.A-B
Aurora Robson (Canada, b. 1972). Marina Gasolina, 2014. Plastic debris, aluminum hardware, tinted polyacrylic and mica powder, 19 x 20 in. Bank of America Collection, 208110
Robert Rauschenberg (United States, 1925-2008). Earth Day, 1970. 7-color lithograph with chine collé on Rives paper, 27/50, 54 3/4 x 39 3/4 x 2 1/4. Bank of America Collection, 74.284.1
Fran Gormley (United States, b. 1956). A World Elsewhere, 17, 2010. Digital C-print face mounted to acrylic glass, 10/10, 34 1/2 x 52 in. Bank of America Collection, 208070
Associated Events
Exhibition Lecture
Mapping Waterways Through Art & Science
Friday, April 23, 2pm
Ubben Signature Event Space
Christopher Daly, Ph.D., assistant professor, Coastal Geomorphology
Lauren Rosenthal McManus, featured artist, The Long View
Join Christopher Daly, Ph.D., assistant professor of coastal geomorphology at Florida Gulf Coast University, and The Long View featured artist, Lauren Rosenthal McManus, in a dynamic panel discussion that will investigate the intersections between Daly’s research tracking coastal geomorphology and storm impacts and McManus’ collaborative, multimedia representations of rivers and watersheds. Daly and McManus will discuss the similarities and differences in their research processes and the meaningful interactions between fieldwork, citizen science and the visual arts.
This exhibition has been loaned through the Bank of America Art in our Communities® program.
