"For over 40 years, Edward Burtynsky's photographs have used the privileges granted by perspective and access to chronicle the relentless effects human industry has on global society and the environment. Burtynsky's visual syntax provides more clarity than ever, transcending the limits of a screen to deliver scenes and immersive murals that provoke urgency and inspire a meticulous gauge of reality."
"After two decades away, Burtynsky trades his Toronto studio for a career-spanning survey in New York, The Great Acceleration, his second institutional exhibition in the city. Curated by David Campany, the show features a breadth of work that Burtynsky has championed, confronting the viewer with the seismic impact of industrial landscapes and the people who create and inhabit them. The show presents the photographer's work not only in physical scale but in the temporal arc of Earth's rapid transformation at the hands of humanity."
Edward Burtynsky's photographs leverage privileged perspective and access to chronicle four decades of human industry’s relentless effects on global society and the environment. His visual syntax transcends screens to deliver large scenes and murals that provoke urgency and inspire closer appraisal. The Great Acceleration transfers a career-spanning survey to New York, confronting viewers with the seismic impact of industrial landscapes and the people who create and inhabit them. The exhibition presents work in both physical scale and the temporal arc of Earth's rapid transformation under human influence. The images disarm viewers and implicate all in choices that will shape environmental outcomes.
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