Art and the Natural Environment (Art and Design Profiles)

By Academy Group Ltd

Exploring how artists can bring environmental issues into focus and increase awareness of natural space through artistic interventions, this issue includes Mierle Laderman Ukeles' work as artist-in-residence with the New York City Department of Sanitation; Wolfgang Laib's characteristic pollen and beeswax installations; the special ecological garden created by the Liss Ard Foundation in Southern Ireland which includes James Turrell's Sky Garden; Ian Hamilton-Finlay's use of historical garden forms at Little Sparta in Scotland and a visual and critical presentation of the TICKON project in Denmark - where artists including Alan Sonfist, Nils Udo, Andy Goldsworthy, Giuliano Mauri, Chris Dury and David Nash have been working - which aims for collaboration between artists, environmentalists, ecologists and the community in turning ecological issues into aesthetic issues.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1854902199
• ISBN13: 9781854902191
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Academy Editions
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.9" x 12.0"