Climate Legal Evidence
2021. Canvases printed in B/W and painted in acrylic.

This series of works consists of four graphs taken from internally commissioned studies by Shell and Exxon in the early 1980s that had assessed the effects of their greenhouse gas emissions. These studies had already precisely established that the emissions would have produced a rise in temperatures, acidification of the oceans, and many other negative effects. These documents remained undisclosed for decades and are now used as evidence in lawsuits against Shell and Exxon. Paolo Cirio highlighted the graphs taken from these historical documents by printing them on large canvases and painting them in bright colors. Read more about these graph in this article.

Titles of the artworks in the series:
1982 Exxon increase temperature 21st Century.
1988 Shell latitudes temperature increase.
1982 Exxon temperature fluctuation from 1850.
1988 Shell ocean acidification.

Selected shows and presentations history
Really, exhibition at Framer Framed, 2024, Amsterdam - Netherlands
Climate Mismatch, solo show at Sale Docks, 2023, Venice - Italy
Artissima, exhibition at Giorgio Persano booth, 2022, Turin - Italy
Voces que se hunden, exhibition at CCS Tegucigalpa, 2022, Cedeño - Honduras
Natural Sovereignty, solo show at Saint James' Charterhouse, 2021, Capri - Italy

Photos of the Climate Legal Evidence artworks series on cavas:




1988 Shell ocean acidification. 144x135cm


1982 Exxon temperature fluctuation from 1850. 145x135cm

1982 Exxon increase temperature 21st Century. 147x174cm


1988 Shell latitudes temperature increase. 112x174cm
















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