“Nature on Notice: Contemporary Art and Ecology,” LACMA Getty PST Exhibition
On View Dec 21, 2024 - Aug 2, 2025
Work by artist Tristan Duke will be included in this Getty PST sponsored LACMA Exhibition.
In the Anthropocene—the current geological age in which human activity has been the dominant influence on the environment—lens-based artists are imaging an even more rapidly changing ecology. This show features more than 20 artists from around the globe engaged in a visual dialogue about the “new nature” we are living in. Illuminating the need for both artistic and scientific imagination to counter threats to our ecology, these makers speak sensitively to the changes they are witnessing or, as a counterpoint, refer to cultures that have long revered nature while most of the world has steadily consumed it.
“Glacial Optics,” SITE Santa Fe Solo Exhibition
On View: Sep. 27, 2024 — Mar. 17, 2025
SITE Santa Fe presents Glacial Optics, a solo exhibition by Tristan Duke.
In 2022 the artist sailed to the Arctic to capture portraits of the glaciers, using a camera lens made from their very own ice. Subsequently, Duke has continued to explore the “gaze of the glacier” in an ongoing series of expeditionary, performative, photographic, and research-based work. This exhibition shares works from Duke's Glacial Optics series, positing the glacier as a literal and metaphorical lens through which to understand our current precarious times.
“No Prior Art: Illustrations of Invention,” LA Library Foundation Getty PST Exhibition
On View Sep. 14, 2024 - May 11, 2025
Artist Tristan Duke will have five works included in this exhibition at Central Library's Getty Gallery, part of the Getty PST citywide program series exploring the intersection of art, science, and invention. From historic artifacts to new contemporary artworks, this show features an eclectic range of stories that explore the nature of human creativity and celebrate the inventive spirit.