Until 7 Apr 2013 Featuring two artists who address the natur al world and our environment. Gilardi was an important figure in the Art e Povera movement in Italy in the late 1960s who positioned art as a form o f social relations. Collaborative Effects presents many of his early sculpt ures, including the Nature Carpets – a series of highly colourful and hype r-realistic sculptures of plant-life. Disappointed by his fellow artists’ r elative lack of commitment to the goal of political revolution through art , Gilardi exited the art world in 1969 and became involved as a creative fa cilitator in a wide range of sociopolitical movements – including the antip sychiatry movement, youth groups, the far left in Turin and the early eco logy movement. A significant British artist of the past few decades, No ttingham-based John Newling is a pioneer of social, process-based and cont extual forms of public art. His work is also concerned with nature, the en vironment and society. Nottingham Contemporary presents a range of importan t public works by Newling, from the 1970s to the present day. His work que stions the acceptance of social and economic systems such as money or the s hared belief of religion. Working with two plant species chosen for the unc anny assistance they each offer to humans, Newling has created sculptural artworks through slow horticultural processes specially for this exhibition . The installation Late Spring, Miracle Tree takes the form of two young M oringa Oleiferas, or Miracle Trees, each in a silver-lined growth tent. d isplayed in our large street-facing windows, emitting light and sprouting new life. http://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/art/piero-gilardi-john-n ewling