Hannes Bend: Eclipse

Hannes Bend, Eclipse, 2012. Courtesy of Charest-Weinberg Gallery.

Charest-Weinberg Gallery - Miami

By Heike Wollenweber

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“Eclipse,” an exhibition of work by Berlin-based artist Hannes Bend, focuses on nature, the sublime, contamination and modern society .

Bend explores the destruction of nature by mankind via pollution, industrial waste and ignorance. He specifically addresses the degradation of reefs and contamination of oceans in the form of the dystopia of Fort Lauderdale’s failed man-made Osborne Reef, an ecological catastrophe made up of two million tires dumped into the ocean since 1972. Consequently, the floor of the exhibition space is covered in tires to evoke the seascape at the reef, while the video installations Eclipse (2012) and Aquadome (2012) are screened on adjoining walls.

In Eclipse, blue skies are assaulted by passing cars, industrial equipment and the underbellies of passenger airplanes in a nod to the aggressiveness of pollution, while Aquadome juxtaposes the shoreline and Osborne Reef with aquariums and swimming pools, thereby questioning the very nature of preservation, natural beauty and pristine beaches and oceans in contemporary society by looking at the man-made, manicured versions that at times replace them.

Internationally relevant, Bend’s work combines art with activism and resonates in any space, and it also raises questions about our commitment to preserving nature and the very values of our society. Through June 2.