Cultural Semiotic Analysis of environmental Artworks

Environmental art as an art movement that claims to present a solution to the environmental crisis and problems of the contemporary world, takes in all the external, physical, social and cultural opportunities which might affect any person or group in order to realize this idea. In other words, environmental art, which is one of the ratheryounger branches of art, tries a new approach to the human relationship with nature and explores new ways for coexistence with the environment around. By a deeper consideration into environmental art, its branches and artists, some new aspects of equally natural and cultural value will be revealed. According to the role of semiotics which has an important position in textual analysis of the contemporary culture phenomena, and on the other hand the combination of significant and insignificant world is considerable, the relationship between “culture, nature and works of environmental art” is subject to this study. And also, three works of three environmental artists are studied through a cultural semiotic approach to layers of meaning. This descriptive-analysis research is based on the view that participation of the elements of nature such as stone, wood, etc. and its temporality would make essential differences inexpression and application of the elements in works performed by these artists. Furthermore, it can be concluded that these works which are formed in the nature, become an inseparable part of the nature and human culture in different regions orcultures. Marks and signs have cultural and social connotations because they preserve ecology and human life primarily and parallel with the expression and common world cultures.