Photo by Fred Margueron
Like many of us, artist Aude Bourgine is concerned about the adverse effects of global warming. Knowing that it’s on us to raise awareness and ultimately alter our behavior, she uses her work as a vehicle for change.
Aude focuses on the ocean and crafts colorful coral sculptures using materials that include yarn, sequins, and beads. The collection has culminated in a series called Poumons des océans (“Lungs of the Oceans”), which highlights both the organisms’ beauty and more importantly, their fragility. It’s the latter that Aude hopes you will take from her work. “If we do not rapidly change our relationship with our environment, oceans will be dead by 2050,” she writes. “Their disappearance will entail a disastrous imbalance on all ecological, climate and human levels.” (h/t My Modern Met)
Artist Aude Bourgine crafts ocean-inspired art that raises awareness on the fragility of coral.
Photo by Fred Margueron
We must act now to combat the effects of global warming, and her dazzling textile sculptures, kept in bell jars, offer a reminder of that.
Photo by Fred Margueron
Photo by Fred Margueron
Photo by Fred Margueron
Photo by Fred Margueron
Photo by Fred Margueron
Photos by Fred Margueron
Photos by Fred Margueron
Photos by Fred Margueron
Photos by Fred Margueron
Photos by Fred Margueron
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