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Radical Nature: Solutions for a changing planet at the Barbican

RADICAL NATURE: Agnes Denes: The Snail (Helical Toroid). Radical Nature at the Barbican
Isometric Systems in Isotropic Space – Map Projections: The Snail (Helical Toroid), 1974. By US land artist Agnes Denes Photograph: Agnes Denes/PR
RADICAL NATURE: Agnes Denes: Wheatfield – A Confrontation. Radical Nature at the Barbican
Also by Agnes Deans: Wheatfield – A Confrontation, 1982. She planted and harvested two acres of wheat in Battery Park landfill, Manhattan Photograph: Agnes Denes/Public Art Fund, New York
RADICAL NATURE: Ant Farm: House of the Century. Radical Nature at the Barbican
House of the Century, 1971-73, by the architectural collective Ant Farm Photograph: Courtesy of Ant Farm/PR
RADICAL NATURE: Centre for Land Use Interpretation. Radical Nature at the Barbican
From the photo archive of the Centre for Land Use Interpretation, 1977 Photograph: Centre for Land Use Interpretation archive, 1997/PR
RADICAL NATURE: Hans Haacke: Monument to Beach Pollution. Radical Nature at the Barbican
Monument to Beach Pollution, 1970, staged by artist Hans Haacke, using rubbish Photograph: Paula Cooper Gallery, New York/PR
RADICAL NATURE: Joseph Beuys: Honey Pump at the Workplace. Radical Nature at the Barbican
Joseph Beuys's Honigpumpe am Arbeitsplatz (Honey Pump at the Workplace), 1977 Photograph: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
RADICAL NATURE: Lothar Baumgarten: Albatross, 1968. Radical Nature at the Barbican
Albatross, 1968, by German artist Lothar Baumgarten Photograph: Marian Goodman Gallery, New York and Paris/PR
RADICAL NATURE: Mark Dion Mobile Wilderness Unit: Wolf. Radical Nature at the Barbican
Mobile Wilderness Unit: Wolf, 2006, an installation by US artist Mark Dion Photograph: Lisa Rastl/Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna
RADICAL NATURE: Mierle Laderman Ukeles: Social Mirror. Radical Nature at the Barbican
Social Mirror, 1983. A mirror-covered sanitation truck by US artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles Photograph: Mierle Laderman Ukeles/Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York
RADICAL NATURE: Newton Harrison: Full Farm. Radical Nature at the Barbican
Full Farm, 1972, by US eco-artists Newton Harrison and Helen Mayer Harrison Photograph: Newton Harrison and Helen Mayer Harrison/PR
RADICAL NATURE: Robert Smithson Spiral Jetty. Radical Nature at the Barbican
Land artist Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty, 1970 (in the Great Salt Lake, Utah) Photograph: Gianfranco Gorgoni/James Cohan Gallery, New York
RADICAL NATURE: Simon Starling: Island for Weeds. Radical Nature at the Barbican
Island for Weeds, 2003, by British conceptual artist Simon Starling Photograph: Jeremy Hardman Jones/Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow
RADICAL NATURE: Tomas Saraceno: Flying Garden. Radical Nature at the Barbican
A detail from Flying Garden, 2006, by artist and architect Tomas Saraceno Photograph: Courtesy of the artist and Tanya Bonakdar, New York/PR
RADICAL NATURE: Tue Greenfort: Daimlerstrasse 38. Radical Nature at the Barbican
Daimlerstrasse 38, a 2001 installation by Danish artist and environmentalist Tue Greenfort Photograph: Courtesy of the artist and Johann Konig, Berlin/PR
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