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Civic action / edited by Juie V. Iovine ; with contributions by Alyson Baker [and 12 others].
Title & Author:

Civic action / edited by Juie V. Iovine ; with contributions by Alyson Baker [and 12 others].

Publication:

[Long Island City, New York] : The Noguchi Museum, [2012]

Description:

123 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
"Published as a compendium to the two-part exhibition 'Civic Action: A Vision for Long Island City', organized by The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum in collaboration with Socrates Sculpture Park. [Held] at Noguchi, October 13, 2011-April 22, 2012; [and] at Socrates, May 13-August 5, 2012"--Title page verso.
"Natalie Jeremijenko, Mary Miss, Rirkrit Tiravanija, George Trakas"--Cover.
Four artists were invited to re-envision a certain area of the City, each developing a team whose ideas were then exhibited at the Noguchi Museum, and the corresponding projects then produced and installed at Socrates Sculpture Park.
Foreword / Jenny Dixon and John Hatfield -- Introduction / Jenny Dixon -- A conversation / Alyson Baker and Claire Weisz -- Seeding potentials / Julie V. Iovine -- Curator's statement / Amy Smith-Stewart -- What do artists have to do with it? / John Hatfiled -- Museum activism / Laurie Beckelman -- New models for planning / Claire Weisz -- Civic action charrette / The Architectural League of New York -- Epilogue: City dialogue / Hugh Hardy.
ISBN:

9780970931054
0970931050

Subject:

Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum Exhibitions.
Socrates Sculpture Park Exhibitions.
Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum.
Socrates Sculpture Park.
City planning New York (State) New York Exhibitions.
Art museums and community New York (State) New York Exhibitions.
Sculpture gardens New York (State) New York Exhibitions.
Relations musée d'art-collectivité New York (État) New York Expositions.
Jardins de sculptures New York (État) New York Expositions.
Art museums and community.
Buildings.
City planning.
Sculpture gardens.
Long Island City (New York, N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc. Exhibitions.
New York (State) New York.
New York (State) New York Long Island City.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Added entries:

Jeremijenko, Natalie, artist.
Miss, Mary, 1944- artist.
Tiravanija, Rirkrit, 1961- artist.
Trakas, George, 1944- artist.
Iovine, Julie V., editor.
Baker, Alyson. Conversation.
Jeremijenko, Natalie artist.
Iovine, Julie V. editor of compilation.
Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, host institution.
Socrates Sculpture Park, host institution.
Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum host institution.
Socrates Sculpture Park host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 285656
Call No.: BIB 225424
Status: Available

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