Exhibitions
On the road to make real connections
Everything comes together in See the Big Picture. Ultimately, it is about people and visions. Our ambassadors – the artists – give impulses and inspire others to contemplate and to act. See the Big Picture organizes exhibitions in as many countries as possible for people who want to take a closer look at the artworks and the project. Here you will find up-to-date information on all upcoming exhibitions as well as an overview of past events.
Digital Exhibition
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THE BIG PICTURE
Bringing across what matters through art
Introducing the initiative
See the Big Picture (StBP) is a global art initiative powered by the Austrian NGO Art Mine.
The project was founded in 2015 and the aim is to reach artists from every country in the world, asking them to share their personal view of the planet. The individual contribution does not stand independently but becomes an integral part of a collective piece of art created by many artists from different cultures and backgrounds. According to the principle, Creativity unites all people, See the Big Picture invites professional artists and those who consider themselves hobby artists to take part in the initiative.
The central wish of StBP is to promote empathy, cooperation and solidarity among the nations. For a peaceful society to exist it is essential to be able to put oneself in someone else’s shoes and try to see the world through their eyes. Art is the perfect media to achieve this goal. We are encouraged to see different perspectives and to revaluate our points of view. These aspects manifest themselves when art meets people, because only then touching points between the individual and the idea are created, opening the path to further exploration. To bring as many individuals and ideas as possible together, StBP aims to have at least one artist or photographer from every nation on the planet involved and also to visit as many countries as possible with the project in all stages of its development. This way the journey to faraway places becomes a journey to oneself, and you will be closest to yourself when you are in the company of others.
Current state and next steps
StBP sees the participating artists as ambassadors for human values and the project aims to depict these values in the huge, combined artwork in progress. Since the project conception in 2015 we have received over 70 contributions depicting an enormous variety of motives and themes, a very detailed portrayal of our human state and the world. We have tried to make the Big Picture available to the public, by holding exhibitions and with our online presentations. We are constantly searching for new artists to join us. As of today, creative artists from over 30 nations have joined us. We still have a long way to go till every country on earth is represented in the initiative. To achieve our goal, it is necessary to increase the popularity of the project and to present it to a larger international public. We are working on this on a daily basis, together with other people who are interested in peace, solidarity and art.
MORE THAN A LOGO
Our messenger for art & peace
In 2015 Abraham Batzin Navichoc from Guatamala was the first artist to paint for See The Big Picture. His painting depicts an old lady weaving a colorful cloth in the traditional Mayan way; she seems to be amused at by the bright birds that fly around her as she weaves. We decided to use one of these impish birds for our symbol. To be the messenger for art & peace as it wanders far and wide.
In simple black and white, our symbol invites you to fill it with colors of your choice. Just as each of us decides the colors we put into our own lives. We each decide how much we will put into our sometimes drab societies though we know we are all responsible to bring change and variety into our surroundings. Black and white is unidimensional. Its borders are rigid. While colors flow, mingle and create new possibilities. Our symbol is an invitation to you to cross borders of race, creed and nationality. To depict a big picture of this wonderful world we call home.

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