New Zealand: Kiwi Consciousness. An unprecedented visual story illuminated by a passionate creative autonomy that speaks of pride, courage and moral clarity. A multi-faceted portrait of a land at the end of the world, with a unique and original identity derived from the interplay of cultures and ethnicities.
Imago Mundi is the collection of works commissioned and collected by Luciano Benetton on his travels around the world.
This new Imago Mundi collection, New Zealand: Kiwi Consciousness, brings together 210 works that reflect all the extraordinary vitality of a nation that constantly reinvents itself and guarantees its artists the opportunity to navigate in accordance with a personal compass rather than follow the increasingly virtual and impersonal methods of consumerist art.
“Oh… Oxygen” explores the affect of pollution in the planet’s waters. It is estimated that photosynthetic algae produce between 70 and 80 percent of the oxygen in the atmosphere. Algae produce about 330 billion tons of oxygen each year. When we pollute the oceans, we are killing ourselves.
