Apr
26

Earth Matters

As Earth Week comes to a close, take a stroll through the Smithsonian’s Enid A. Haupt Garden and enjoy some of the land-art installations that are part of the important exhibition Earth Matters: Land as Material and Metaphor in the Arts of Africa, now on view in and around the National Museum of African Art.  (All photographs by Eric Long)

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“Ala” by El Anatsui (b.1944, Ghana), site-specific installation

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“Land Reform” by Strijdom van der Merwe (b. 1961, South Africa), site-specific installation

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A school group enjoys a tour given by horticulturist Graham Davis and Smithsonian EdLab.

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“Hunger” by Ghada Amer (b. 1963, Egypt), site-specific installation

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Aerial view of the National Museum of African Art with “Ala” in the foreground

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Aerial view of the Moon Garden and “Hunger” near the Freer Gallery of Art.

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Posted: 26 April 2013
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