Award 2021
Welcome to the Social Art Award 2021 – Online Gallery!
We are grateful for the many inspiring contributions from artists around the world. The selected works reflect a broad spectrum of contemporary social art practices and explore new relationships between humans, nature, and technology. They address themes such as ecological regeneration, climate justice, sustainable futures, social resilience, and more-than-human perspectives.
Below you will find the submissions from the Social Art Award 2021 – New Greening edition that passed the initial jury round. The Online Gallery offers public visibility to these works and encourages dialogue around their ideas and approaches; it does not replace the final jury decision.
Thank you to all artists for sharing your visionary and committed work. We invite you to explore the gallery and engage with the perspectives shaping New Greening.
City Reimagined
Nancy D Lane
I found all the materials to create this cityscape in builders' skips or on the streets. The work envisions a city where rebuilding doesn't require demolition, landfill, then starting anew, but rather reclaiming and reusing materials. To reach a large audience, I exhibit my works in public places such as libraries, train stations and community centres, and my works are promoted by Clean Up Australia, Painted Turtle Galleries (sustainable art), and The Reimaginarium (reclaimed materials). The message in all my artworks is the 5Rs: Refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, recycle. It would take more effort, but our cities, too, could be reclaimed and reimagined with political will.
I found all the materials to create this cityscape in builders' skips or on the streets. The work envisions a city where rebuilding doesn't require demolition, landfill, then starting anew, but rather reclaiming and reusing materials. To reach a large audience, I exhibit my works in public places such as libraries, train stations and community centres, and my works are promoted by Clean Up Australia, Painted Turtle Galleries (sustainable art), and The Reimaginarium (reclaimed materials). The message in all my artworks is the 5Rs: Refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, recycle. It would take more effort, but our cities, too, could be reclaimed and reimagined with political will.