City Versus Nature

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City Versus Nature

Written by Sarah Bing

The work of these seven Takapuna Grammar students is a reply to the theme ‘City versus Nature’.

All works came into being after studying contemporary street artists and illustrators.

Created on skateboard decks from mixed media the individuality of each work and the approach each artist has taken to the brief are fascinating. This fearless approach to issues both age-old and contemporary, relates to the endless topics of peace and
peacefulness. How does one engage peacefully with the world around us? Can we be peaceful beings without taking the natural environment into consideration?

These artworks suggest no; detailing the destructive consequences a lack of peacefulness from humanity and urbanisation have often had upon our natural environment.