New Land Marks
Subtitle: public art, community, and the meaning of place
By: Fairmount Park Art Association ; edited by Penny Balkin Bach
Contributors: Bach, Penny Balkin; New Land Marks (Program); Fairmount Park Art Association; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative; University of the Arts (Philadelphia, Pa.); William Penn Foundation
Publisher: Editions Ariel
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: New Land Marks (Program) -- Exhibitions; Public art -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions
Other titles: New Landmarks
Description: "What will we leave for future generations? What is it about a community that might inspire a work of art? Can that art give meaning to our public spaces?".

"The artists and communities participating in the program New Land Marks: Public Art, Community, and Meaning of Place have been grappling with these challenging questions. The resulting book documents how a long-standing Philadelphia cultural organization - the Fairmount Park Art Association - initiated this program in order to plan and create unique public art projects with communities that volunteered to participate.

Artists have been working with these communities to incorporate public art into ongoing community development, urban greening, civic history, streetscape enhancement, and other revitalization initiatives. The resulting proposals - which represent "works in process" - celebrate community identity, commemorate "untold" histories, inspire civic pride, respond to the local environment, and invigorate public spaces.

This book is a guide for those interested in how communities and artists can examine the appearance and meaning of public spaces." "In addition to illustrating the work of the twenty-one artists participating in this innovative public art project, the book includes essays by noted authors Ellen Dissanayake, Thomas Hine, Lucy Lippard, and Penny Balkin Bach, Executive Director of the Fairmount Park Art Association, who also served as general editor."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "This book accompanies an exhibition presented at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, February 10-April 15, 2001, and has been published with the support of the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative, a program funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts and administered by the University of the Arts, Philadelphia; the William Penn Foundation; and the Fairmount Park Art Association."--Verso t.p

"Initiated in 1996, 'New*Land*Marks: Public Art, Community, and the Meaning of Place' invited artists and community organizations to plan enduring public art projects that explore our most valuable urban resources: people, their history, and their hopes for the future."--Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative website
Table of contents: title: Defining the public context / Penny Balkin Bach; title: Why public art is neccessary / Ellen Dissanayake; title: The art of identity / Thomas Hine; title: The object of process / Lucy R. Lippard; title: Work in process : New Land Mark proposals / Charles Moleski and Robin Redmond, proposal descriptions; title: The revitalization of Malcolm X Memorial Park / Martha Jackson-Jarvis and JoAnna Viudez; title: Bright light trail / Zevilla Jackson Preston; title: A century of labor / John Kindness; title: Embodying Thoreau : dwelling, sitting, watching / Ed Levine; title: May Street : a place of remembrance and honor; title: The Vietnamese Monument to immigration / Darlene Nguyen-Ely; title: Perseverance / Todd Noe; title: I have a story to tell you / Pepón Osorio; title: Manayunk stoops : heart and home / Diane Pieri and Vicki Scuri; title: The glorietas of Fairhill Square : the completion of a neighborhood cosmos / Jaime Suárez; title: Proposals for the Wissahickon / George Trakas; title: Open-air library and Farmer's Market Plaza / Janet Zweig