With the destructive impact of human civilisation in this time known as the Anthropocene, we have been forced to consider our environment as it is constituted by other forces and experienced by other organisms. To this end, artists are exploring with some urgency how the world might be conceived beyond human perception, before and after human presence.

Curated by Simon Lawrie, this exhibition brought together older works and new acquisitions from McClelland’s permanent collection around the theme of environmental and existential catastrophe. It featured a range of media and styles from hyperrealist sculpture and immersive 8-channel sound installations to large scale-paintings.

Images: Nicholas Mangan, Core-coralations 2021, detail (above and below left); Artist unknown (inscribed Rosso), Untitled (Victorian funerary sculpture) n. d. Photos Christian Capurro.