Patricia Johanson and the re-invention of public environmental art, 1958-2010 / Xin Wu, College of William & Mary, USA.

Main entry:

Conan-Wu, Xin, 1970-

Title & Author:

Patricia Johanson and the re-invention of public environmental art, 1958-2010 / Xin Wu, College of William & Mary, USA.

Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2013]

Description:

xvi, 259 pages, 64 color plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246) and index.
Transformation: from painting to sculpture, 1958-1968 -- The invention of form : house & garden commission, 1969 -- Translating the order of nature -- Garden metamorphoses, 1975-85 -- Functionality into public place -- 'The garden of art' in garden-cities.

Summary:

Impeccably researched and richly detailed, this book addresses the issue of translation between visual arts and landscape design in the 50 year career of Pratricia Johanson, an important artist in the second half of twentieth century. Examining artist's search for an "art of the real" as a member of the post-World War 2 New York art world, and how a pursuit has led her from painting and sculpture to public garden and enviornmental art, Xin Wu argues for the significance of the process of art creation, challenging the centrality of art objects.

ISBN:

9781409435440 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
140943544X (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Johanson, Patricia, 1940- Criticism and interpretation.
Johanson, Patricia, 1940-
Johanson, Patricia, (1940- ...) Critique et interprétation.
Public art.
Nature in art.
Nature dans l'art.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 291760
Call No.: BIB 235545
Status: Available

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