Themes+Projects presents, "Global Warming" by Joan Takayama-Ogawa. The exhibition contains a new body of work that is an exploration and social commentary on what is taking place in our oceans.  The coral sculptures and hanging mobiles are beautifully crafted using low-temperature clay in monochromatic tones and illuminated with LED light.  

Warmer ocean temperatures prompted bleaching events of the world’s coral reef communities. Healthy colorful coral have changed into weakened ghostly white coral, susceptible to disease and death.  These coral bleaching events are visual cues of thermal stress caused by global warming, serving as the “canary in the coal mine” and warning us of serious environmental consequences.

These abstract figurative sculptures powered with outdoor energy efficient LED lights, are a call for the reversal of global warming.  Three-dimensional wall sculptures remind us that beneath the deep blue sea a world of environmental change is occurring. 

To see more images, please visit the web gallery: http://themesandprojects.com/JoanTakayama-Ogawa/.