Artists tackle 'man vs nature' debate

Photos: In pictures: Art as an environmental message
'A metaphor for life and death' – Jo Coupe's casts plants in lead, creating deathly-looking objects. "Lead is not an environment-friendly material, it's visually deadly," Coupe says. "It's a metaphor for life and death."
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Photos: In pictures: Art as an environmental message
'Golden Cage' – James P Graham's "Golden Cage" is made of volcanic rocks wrapped in gold wire. He says it symbolizes "man's attempts to imprison and control nature."
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Photos: In pictures: Art as an environmental message
'Parting Company' – Peter Randal Page's "Parting Company" sculpture represents a seed found in Belize. "It makes people rediscover nature," David Worthington says. "Botany makes nature very complicated, distant, and difficult to remember."
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