Artists tackle 'man vs nature' debate

By Ivana Kottasová, for CNN

Updated 1015 GMT (1815 HKT) July 20, 2012

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."
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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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."
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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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."
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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David Worthington explored the similarities between seeds, the sexual parts of plants, with human reproductive organs. He says that enlightenment and technology took people away from the nature. The exhibition, he says, shows the simplicity of nature.