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"Silueta Series" is a body of work by Ana Mendieta created primarily between 1973 and 1980. It involves a series of earth-body works where Mendieta shaped her silhouette or the outline of a female form in natural landscapes. She used various…

This is an ongoing artistic project by Hubert Duprat where he collaborates with caddisfly larvae. These aquatic insect larvae naturally build protective cases around themselves using materials from their environment. Duprat removes the larvae from…

"Revival Field" is an ongoing environmental art project by Mel Chin. It uses phytoremediation, a process that employs plants to extract pollutants from contaminated soil. Chin designs these fields, often in geometric patterns, to be both functional…

In 1982, Agnes Denes created "Wheatfield—A Confrontation," a temporary artwork in which she planted and harvested a two-acre field of golden wheat on a landfill in Lower Manhattan, near Wall Street and the World Trade Center. This unexpected…

In "Nature?", Marta de Menezes intervenes in the development of live butterflies to create unique wing patterns never before seen in nature. By manipulating the growth process without altering the butterflies' genes or introducing artificial…