Andrea Bowers Climate Change is Real 2017
© Andrea Bowers
Since 2010, Andrea Bowers has expanded her practice to include light works that employ political slogans. The beguiling works tersely render the pronouncements, directly engaging the public in her forthright personal politics. In Climate Change is Real (Miami) Bowers incorporates the titular slogan in a metal sculpture with flashing neon lights. The issue of climate change is inseparable from politics in the U.S. and has catapulted to the forefront of national environmental concerns in recent years. It is particularly topical in Miami as the city faces rising sea levels.
Identification
Title
Climate Change is Real
Production Date
2017
Object Number
2018.006
Credit Line
Collection Pérez Art Museum Miami, museum purchase with funds provided by Sarah Arison and Thomas Wilhelm
Copyright
© Andrea Bowers
https://www.pamm.org/en/artwork/2018.006
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Physical Qualities
Medium
Aluminum, paint, and neon
Dimensions
Dimensions variable
Visual Description
Climate Change is Real by Andrea Bowers is a sculptural installation from 2017. It is made of neon lights with aluminum and paint. Its dimensions are variable.
The piece is comprised of four neon lights placed together on the wall. Together they read ‘Climate CHANGE IS Real’
Each piece is a different color and together they resemble signage used in storefronts and restaurants. The word ‘Climate’ is in a cursive-like script and blue in color. ‘CHANGE’ and ‘IS’ are in all capitals and in a non-serif typeface. ‘CHANGE’ is bright green while ‘IS’ features deep red. The final neon light, ‘Real’, is in the same cursive script as ‘Climate,‘ but is pink in color.
