Coinciding with the Getty’s landmark initiative, PST ART: Art & Science Collide, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Los Angeles presents The sky we stand on, an exhibition of gallery artists who explore the intersections of art and science, both past and present. In a diverse range of mediums, the artists address the ongoing effects of human industry and technological advancements on our planet, evoking the beauty and fragility of our landscape and climate.

Addressing temporality, evolution, and decay, several works speculate on the world’s past and future. Sarah Sze’s fragmented Divide Light if you Dare (Fallen Sky Series) recalls eroded, ancient architecture, collapsing the horizon line with its mirrored steel surface. Complemented by sculptural arrangements from her Nest and Fragment series, Sze explores the idea of fragmentation as it pertains to the delicate balance and order of the universe and landscape. Yuko MOHRI’s (ACC 2014) Decomposition series taps into the life cycle of decaying fruit, while Jónsi’s Tremor, an auditory work inspired by the movement of tectonic plates, evokes a rich and otherworldly landscape that speaks to the temporal vibration of both vocal cords and earthquakes.This same fragility of landscape is referenced in Olafur Eliasson’s painting Colour experiment no. 115 (Jokullsalon), which is composed of a gradient based on the spectrum of colors found in a photograph of an Icelandic landscape, over which layers of pure pigment are mixed with melting sea ice from the same region.