Mother Nature in the Bardo (ART+IMPACT) - Hardcover

Wes Sechrest

Hardcover

ISBN 13: 9798218450793

Publisher: Black Book, 2025

Synopsis

• A 300-page sustainably produced art book
• Over 250 images from over 100 celebrated and emerging artists; essays and excerpts from leading writers and art world luminaries, including forewords by curators Klaus Biesenbach, Director of the Neue Nationalgalerie (Berlin), and Lucia Pietroiusti, Head of Ecologies at Serpentine (London), and essays by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Curator and Artistic Director at Serpentine, and Manos Antoninis, Director of the UNESCO’s GEM Report, among others
• Published to accompany an exhibition in New York, March - Dec 2025 at High Line Nine gallery in Chelsea

A collaboration with the world's most powerful NGOs, including UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, Mother Nature in the Bardo explores the impact between art, culture, and the environment. The book illuminates the innate connections between creativity and nature and inspires crucial conversations about humanity’s relationship with nature, sustainability and climate change. Bringing together historical and contemporary artworks from over 100 renowned international artists, galleries, institutions, estates and foundations, Mother Nature in the Bardo speaks to the most critical global dialogues of our time.

About this title

About the Author

BlackBook Presents: BlackBook has always been a point of convergence for the arts, culture, and social impact. Founded in 1996 by Evanly Schindler, as a popular arts & culture print magazine, publishing and media company, BlackBook became known for collaborations with prestigious artists, brands, and institutions; mining talent from the subculture and introducing it to the mainstream. The brand expanded from the U.S. to global markets throughout the 2000s, and transitioned to digital media, creating original content about art, literature, fashion, music, film, and culture at large. Since then, the brand has evolved its original ethos to focus on visual art.
Klaus Biesenbach is a curator known for creating social moments within art institutions, challenging the way artists and audiences interact with art. Biesenbach has worked for the Museum of Modern Art, MoMA PS1, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and is currently the Director of the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.
Lucia Pietroiusti is a curator who works at the intersection of art and ecology. She currently works as the Head of Ecologies at Serpentine Galleries.
Hans Ulrich Obrist is a Swiss curator, art critic, and art historian. Focused on sustainability and expanding the limits of art institutions and the curatorial practice, he is a staunch advocate for participatory art, and for inclusion in the art world. Obrist currently serves as the Artistic Director at Serpentine Galleries.
Dr. Marcelo Gleiser is a theoretical physicist and professor at Dartmouth College. In 2019, he became the first Latin American Templeton Prize laureate, an honor he shares with Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama, and Jane Goodall, among others. His work focuses on everything from cosmology, to history, and the philosophy of science, exploring the relationship between science and culture.
Dr. Wes Sechrest is the co-founder, CEO and Board Chair at Re:wild, a conservation organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the environment. With a background in conservation biology, with Re:wild, Sechrest works with over 500 partners, many of whom are Indigenous peoples and local communities, in more than 80 countries.
Whitney Mallett is a New York-based writer, editor, and cultural critic.
Dr. Glenn Albrecht is an environmental philosopher who focuses on the interplay between ecosystems and human health. Through his research, Albrecht coined the term “psychoterratica” to explain humans’ emotional connection with the earth, including a whole set of earth-related mental health disorders.
Manos Antoninis has been the Director of UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report since 2017. In his role, Antoninis has led the team on themes of accountability, migration and displacement, and inclusion.

From the Back Cover

Featuring over 100 celebrated and emerging artists, spanning 150 years, showcasing top authors, journalists, thinkers and celebrities, Mother Nature in the Bardo, presents a comprehensive look at the relationship between art, culture and nature.

Featuring works and writing from the world's leading emerging contemporary artists-from landscapes by Van Gogh and Monet, to works by emerging talent like Petra Cortright and Serge Attukwei Clottey; iconic pieces by Damien Hirst, Andy Warhol, Alexander Calder, and Yayoi Kusama; sculptures by John Chamberlain and Lita Albuquerque; and essays from Klaus Beisenbach, Lucia Pietroiusti, environmentalists, scientists, cultural critics, and the world's most powerful NGOs, including UNESCO. Mother Nature in the Bardo is an ode to the Earth.

- A 300-page sustainably produced art book, published in partnership with UNESCO
- Over 250 images from over 100 celebrated and emerging artists; 10 essays, excerpts and editorial from top writers, journalists, and authors
- Published to accompany an exhibition in New York in February 2025

- Published in collaboration with UNESCO, Mother Nature in the Bardo, is an art book that explores the environment ? the impact between art, culture, and the environment, addressing the zeitgeist and most crucial topic of our time.

Edition details

• Publisher: Black Book
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798218450793
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: BlackBook Publishing