John Christian Anderson

John Christian Anderson

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    • Dancing In The Bardo, Boston Sculptors Gallery, 2019 / 2020
    • Everything in the Universe is Equal / Boston Sculptors Gallery
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Tell Me when The Last Bird Sings
2024
Mixed Media
60" x 30" x 13"

In August of 2019, I was listening to the radio while driving when a report came on regarding recent studies showing that over the past century 3 Billion birds have disappeared from the planet. That number took my breath away and I pulled over to listen to the full report making sure I had heard correctly. As a result of climate change, conditions in our environment has resulted in species disappearing at an alarming rate. It was that number, 3 billion, that was both terrifying and compelling. I had been circling around several works that expressed my dismay with our inability to cope with these environmental changes. By singling out just Birds I was able to imagine a piece that addressed the disappearance of these beautiful species in a way that links to our own existence, which is hanging by a thread with little time left.

© 2019 John Christian Anderson

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