Radical Landscapes

Throughout the twentieth-century artists have responded to the landscape in emotional, physical and political ways: exploring themes of belonging to the land by interrogating the relationship between landscape history and identity, the enclosure or militarisation of land, to artists creating works that harness or dramatise natural earth processes. As the custodian of the national collection of British art, Tate¿s climate emergency declaration points to a wider concern and care for the environment that underpins the themes in Radical Landscapes.Structured on three broad thematic sections; ¿Trespass¿, ¿Landscape and Identity¿, and ¿Climate Breakdown¿, there will be around 100 works in total starting from 1900 until today. Focussing on activism and how we value, care for, use and draw meaning from the natural landscape, the book will showcase an array of viewpoints reflecting the diverse perspectives in modern Britain, examining the artists¿ relationship to the landscape and social histor