Down to earth : changing attitudes towards nature as reflected in the work of Jenny Cullinan, Lynne Hull and the candidate.

Abstract

The central purpose of this dissertation is to discuss different ways in which

land and the broader natural environment has been used as a vehicle or

medium in art-making, with a specific focus on the works of Jenny Cullinan

and Lynne Hull and the candidate. The work centres on artworks that are in

the landscape, of the landscape, in the earth, of the earth or predominantly

concerned with ecological issues and the inter-relatedness of all living

systems. It is argued that artworks included under the general appellation

land or environmental art may be widely divergent in character,

notwithstanding threads of commonality and convergence. In addition, the

often fluid or ambiguous nature of the terminology associated with this area

of investigation has necessitated some definition of key terms.