Artists Embrace Nature in Post-Industrial Landscape

Under a grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation, artists are investigating and preserving the way in which nature reclaims abandoned industrial areas.

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June 18, 2004, 1:00 PM PDT

By Jeffrey Goodman

As Pittsburghs industrial glory days fade from memory, the rusting and disused factories are attracting a new collective of artists interested in how nature slowly rids itself of manmade structures. In the abandoned refuse of a changed economy, wildlife and nature have returned.

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Wednesday, June 16, 2004 in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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