Sarah Hearn, Trappist 1c Unidentified Mineral Sample, 2024; plaster, graphite, mirrored plexiglass, 2 1/8 x 13 x 10 1/2 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Evelyn Rydz, Floating Artifact no. 14from the ongoing project Floating Artifacts, 2017; ink on aluminum, 21 x 16 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Mark Chen, Galaxy Cluster on a Canyon Wall of Marble, April 20, 2023; ink on aluminum, 28 x 48 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Sarah Hearn, TRAPPIST 1f Unidentified Mineral Samples, 2024; plaster, felt, mirrored plexiglass, 4 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 12 ½ inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Evelyn Rydz, Floating Artifact no. 27from the ongoing project Floating Artifacts, 2017; ink on aluminum, 21 x 16 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Mark Chen, James Webb’s NGC 3324 and The South Rim of Grand Canyon, February 10, 2023; ink on aluminum, 28 x 96 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Sarah Hearn, TRAPPIST 1d Unidentified Mineral Samples, 2019; plaster and mirrored plexiglass, 6 3/4 x 15 x 15 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Evelyn Rydz, Floating Artifact no. 8 from the ongoing project Floating Artifacts, 2014; ink on aluminum, 21 x 16 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Mark Chen, Bisti Badlands, NGC 3314 and a Busy Sky, September 10, 2022; ink on aluminum, 28 x 48 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Sarah Hearn, Trappist 1c Unidentified Mineral Sample, 2024; plaster, graphite, mirrored plexiglass, 2 1/8 x 13 x 10 1/2 inches; Courtesy of the artist.
Long-Term Mindset: Artists Exploring Deep Time
Long-Term Mindset centers visual discourse on science and environment, in which three artists each explore the anthropological entanglements that exist within—and between—geophysical life worlds, stimulating ideas about human agency and responsibility, and relational concepts tied to non-human existences and experiences.
Scottish natural philosopher James Hutton (1726–1797), known as the founder of modern geology, realized that vast timescales were required to uplift mountains and erode canyons—deep time, time outside comprehension, with “no vestige of a beginning” and “no prospect of an end.” Timescales like these defy our imaginations. The most common analogy, coined by writer John McPhee, is with the measure of the old English yard: if the distance from the king’s nose to the tip of his outstretched finger represented all of Earth’s long life, a single stroke from a nail file would erase the whole of human history.
In Long-Term Mindset, three artists—Mark Chen, Sarah Hearn, and Evelyn Rydz—explore the anthropological entanglements that exist within, and between, geophysical life worlds. Additionally, our notion of the “anthropocene”—the unofficial unit of geologic time describing Earth’s history when human activity started to have a significant impact on the planet’s ecosystems—stimulates ideas about human agency and responsibility, and relational concepts tied to non-human existences and experiences.
Exhibition Details
Approximately 52 photographs, 10 mixed-media sculptures
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Long-Term Mindset: Artists Exploring Deep Time is touring September 2027 through August 2032. The dates below reflect seven-week exhibition periods. Dates are subject to change; please contact MoreArt@maaa.org or (800) 473-3872 x208/209 for current availability.
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