Sculpture today
By: Judith Collins.
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 483
ISBN-13: 9780714843148
Subjects: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century; Sculpture, Modern -- 21st century
Description: "Sculpture Today is a survey of the astonishing changes that the art of sculpture has undergone from the 1960s onwards. Written from a global perspective and generously illustrated with almost 500 images, this book takes the reader on a journey through a story of evolving and often revolutionary attitudes to materials, methods and ideas. The result of these explorations is a vast diversity of contemporary art in three dimensions." "As the heyday of Modernism drew to a close in the second half of the twentieth century, artists and critics began to see sculpture as a more vital discipline than painting because of its physical presence and immediacy. Consequently, sculptors journeyed into new realms - encompassing such varied topics as the human body, politics, identity, clothing, architecture, memory, anthropology and creating elaborate environments. Others addressed more traditional subjects - including nature, scale, surface and colour - while nevertheless taking them to unconventional ends."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 476) and index.