Landscapes for Art: Contemporary Sculpture Parks (Perspectives in Contemporary Sculpture) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0295988614 ISBN 13: 9780295988610

Publisher: International Sculpture Center, 2008

Synopsis

Sculpture parks and gardens, whether woodland sanctuaries or urban retreats, sprawling sites or intimate oases, offer sculpture lovers and artists alike unique ways to experience the outdoors, sculpture, and the intersections between nature and culture. Since the mid-20th century, these venues have become important tourist destinations and essential aspects of public life in cities such as Chicago, Minneapolis, and Seattle and regions such as Yorkshire in England and the Hudson Highlands in New York.

Landscapes for Art: Contemporary Sculpture Parks surveys a wide range of sculpture parks and gardens that focus on contemporary art--from well-established, museum-type institutions to small-scale, non-collecting, experimental programs. The book includes profiles of sculpture parks in the U.S., U.K., Japan, Australia, Lithuania, China, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, India, Latvia, Sweden, and Finland (among others). There are articles on key topics by art critics, landscape architects, and sculpture park professionals and interviews with Isamu Noguchi, Martin Friedman, and Alfio Bonanno.

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Review:

"Landscapes for Art provides a timely introduction to some of the world's best contemporary sculpture parks."―Public Art Review

"With full-color illustrations throughout, this is an excellent companion to Sculpture magazine and the online directory produced by International Sculpture Center. Highly recommended."―Choice

About this edition

• Publisher: International Sculpture Center
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0295988614
• ISBN 13: 9780295988610
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 223
• Editor: Glenn Harper, Twylene Moyer