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| Cai Guo Quinag - The Ninth Wave - Shanghai, 2014, photo courtesy of Cai Studio |
The international conference on has just begun At Le Bourget in Paris and already it has surprised the world including Lauranne Germond of COAL (Coalition for Art and Sustainable Development), who says "we did not expect to find as many artists mobilized on these issues." While the displays are spectacular, they have been inspired by the beauty of life on earth and the dangers it faces. Together, these works demonstrate Horace's dictum that art can both teach and delight. Olufar Eliasson's block of ice has arrived at the Pantheon from Iceland and American street artist Shepard Fariey has suspended a giant decorated globe from the second floor of the Eiffel Tower that he has named Earth Crisis.
For more art created for the Paris Climate Change Conference