The Inlander on Mythryl: ““The Mirror That Nature Holds” at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art…”

“The Mirror That Nature Holds” at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU reflects how modern artists — and by extension, contemporary society — relate to the natural world.

inlander.comWSU Museum’s fall exhibit explores how artists represent humans’ reciprocal relationship with natureArtists have looked to nature for inspiration throughout human history, resulting in a rich visual record of landscape artwork — forests, desert, mountains, plains, waterways — plus the inhabitants of those environments. Yet nature has done more than inspire artists; it has informed and shaped human thought and action. Nature as evidence of the divine, as a reflection of identity, as a symbol of psychological state, as something to be exploited, nurtured, feared, worshipped, protected.

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