Balance
Subtitle: Art and Nature
Edition: Revised edition
Publisher: Black Rose Books
Published: October 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9781551642345
Subjects: Nature in art, still life, landscapes & seascapes; Theory of art; General; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Criticism; History - Contemporary (1945- ); Art / General
Description: Believing that artistic expression can and does play an important role in changing the way we perceive our relation to the world we live in, art critic John Grande takes an in-depth look at the work of some very unusual environmental artists in the United States, Canada, and -Europe. Dealing with everything from materials to the politics of curatorship, from the permanence of art works to the artist{u2019}s role as cultural critic, Balance Art and Nature takes theory into action as it critically examines the works of Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley, Armand Vaillancourt, Bill Reid, Carl Beam, Kevin Kelly, Ana Mendieta, James Carl, Patrick Dougherty, Keith Haring, and others. What emerges is a viable socio-environmental framework for evaluating contemporary art and insights into art{u2019}s actual and potential roles.