THE BIG FRIEZE

In the wake of growing concerns surrounding the very real threats of climate change, it’s perhaps unsurprising that there are artists making some of the globes most remote, unhospitable and under-threat environments the subject of their work. What is more surprising, perhaps, is how these works can be used, with paintings proving useful for scientific researchers keen to show the rapidly changing faces of these frozen landscapes as both temperatures and sea levels continue to rise.

This quest to capture these transitioning environments connects three highly influential artists operating on opposite sides of the Atlantic who have all worked in some of the most remote and fragile places on earth. A new exhibition at The McManus in Dundee, , brings together works by a number of artists including Frances Walker and James Morrison, both of whom have experienced and NASA to capture the dramatic and changing landscapes of the North Pole and Greenland. But with average temperatures dropping to minus 40 degrees, what challenges do these artists face under such extreme conditions?