"A dense mound of soil has risen from the glossy floorboards of the Guggenheim Bilbao. Framed with clean lines, not a speck of dirt out of place, this site-specific installation-Delcy Morelos' 'Witch (Sorgin)'-looks like a puzzle piece: a small slice of the natural world, precision-cut and transferred to the austere gallery space; the tons of dirt propped upon a base of reclaimed wood and gently sloping up a wall."
"With 'Arts of the Earth,' this eco-consciousness extends past the works on view, flowing into every facet of the show's staging: all signage and furnishings were made from compostable or recyclable materials, every piece of art was transported by boat or train to avoid carbon-intensive flights and works were reconstructed, recreated and reactivated using local materials-down to the mud of the Nervión River just outside the museum."
Guggenheim Bilbao's 'Arts of the Earth' assembles more than 100 works by nearly 50 artists and collectives, tracing over six decades of soil-based art and positioning health and sustainability as communal, reparative labor. Delcy Morelos' site-specific 'Witch (Sorgin)' presents a precise mound of reclaimed soil and wood rising from the gallery floor. The show applies museum-wide sustainability measures: signage and furnishings are compostable or recyclable, works were transported by boat or train, and many pieces were reconstructed using local materials, including mud from the Nervión River. Galleries 206 and 207 use lab-grown bioplastic partitions and exacting environmental protocols to create a controlled microhabitat.
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