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"Landscapes for Art: Contemporary Sculpture Parks" surveys a wide range of sculpture parks and gardens that focus on contemporary art—from well-established, museum-type institutions to small-scale, non-collecting, experimental programs.
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A compendium of more than 40 articles that first appeared in Sculpture on contemporary artists from around the world, with an introduction by Karen Wilkin.
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Conversations on Sculpture
Edited by Glenn Harper and Twylene Moyer, from University of Washington Press and ISC Press. Available in Fall, 2007. |
This volume, the second book to be published by ISC Press, is a compilation of interviews with contemporary artists published in Sculpture.
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SELECTED BOOKS
Acts of Engagement: Writings on Art, Criticism, and Institutions, 1993-2002 by Michael Brenson. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2004. 320 pages. $27.95 paper, $75.00 cloth.
Alan Finkel, essay by Arlene Raven. New York: SculptureCenter, 2001. 44 pages, illustrated. <www.sculpture-center.org>.
Alberto Giacometti in Postwar Paris, by Michael Peppiatt. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. 176 pages, 130 illustrations. $45.00.
Allan Houser: An American Master (Chiricahua Apache, 1914-1994) by W. Jackson Rushing III. New York: Abrams, 2004. 256 pages, 265 illustrations, 215 in color. $60.00.
Andy Warhol, edited by Annette Michelson. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2002. 133 pages, 33 illustrations. $14.95.
Anthony Caro: A Life in Sculpture by Julius Bryant. London and New York: Merrell Publishers, 2004. 96 pages, 50 illustrations, 30 in color. $24.95.
The Arts of Antioch: Art Historical and Scientific Approaches to Roman Mosaics and a Catalogue of the Worcester Art Museum Antioch Collection, edited by Lawrence Becker and Christine Kondoleon. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005. 360 pages, 188 color plates, 237 quadtone plates. $75.00.
The Art of Rachel Whiteread, edited by Chris Townsend. London: Thames & Hudson, 2004. 224 pages, 54 illustrations, 50 in color. $24.95.
Balance: Art and Nature by John K. Grande. Montreal/New York/London: Black Rose Books, 2004. 266 pages, illustrated. $24.99.
Barnett Newman, edited by Ann Temkin, essays by Ann Temkin and Richard Shiff, contributions by Suzanne Penn and Melissa Ho. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. 356 pages, 180 color illustrations, 87 b/w. $65.00.
Barry McGee, interview by Germano Celent, essays by Barry McGee. Milan: Fondazione Prada, 2003. Color illustrations.
Bernar Venet, essays by Thomas McEvilley and Bernar Venet. Lyon/Bern: Artha/Benteli, 2002. 165 pages, illustrated. $45.00.
Bernar Venet: Art and Mathematics: In Search of the Sublime by Donald Kuspit. L'yeuse, 2002. 184 pages, illustrated.
Bertil Vallien: Somna/Vakna by Matthew Kangas. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 2002. 48 pages, 60 color illustrations. $20.00.
Between Worlds: A Sourcebook of Central European Avant-Gardes, 1910-1930, edited by Timothy O. Benson and Éva Forgács. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2002. 736 pages, 32 illustrations. $45.00.
Bruce Nauman, edited by Robert C. Morgan. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. 430 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. $22.50
Calder: Gravity and Grace, edited by Carmen Giménez and Alexander S. C. Rower, essay by Francisco Calvo Serraller. New York/London: Phaidon Press, 2004. 260 pages, illustrated.
Camille Claudel: A Life by Odile Ayral-Clause. New York: Abrams, June 2002. 280 pages, 69 illustrations. $29.95.
Central European Avant-Gardes: Exchange and Transformation, 1910-1930, edited by Timothy O. Benson, foreword by Péter Nádas. Cambridge and Longon: MIT Press, 2002. 447 pages, 480 illustrations. $59.95.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude in the Vogel Collection by Molly Donovan. New York and Washington, DC: Abrams and the National Gallery of Art, 2002. 144 pages, illustrated. $35.00.
Christopher Wilmarth: Light and Gravity, by Steven Henry Madoff, essays by Nancy Milford and Edward Saywell. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2004. 184 pages, 121 color illustrations, 30 halftones. $49.95.
Chronophobia: On Time in the Art of the 1960s by Pamela M. Lee. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2004. 368 pages, 67 illustrations. $34.95.
Clayton James by Vicki Halper. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, and La Conner, Washington: Museum of Northwest Art, 2002. 80 pages, 50 illustrations, 41 in color. $25.00.
Conceptual Art and the Politics of Publicity by Alexander Alberro. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2003. 236 pages, 52 illustrations. $35.00.
Constance DeJong: Metal, by Arden Reed, interview by Gus Blaisdell. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2003. 193 pages, 141 color photographs. $45.00.
Constantin Brancusi: The Essence of Things, edited by Carmen Giménez and Matthew Gale, essays by Sanda Miller Alexandra Parigoris and Jon Wood. London: Tate, and New York: Abrams, 2004. 144 pages, 90 color illustrations. $40.00.
Continuity and Change: Twentieth Century Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum, by Katharine Eustace, forward by Christopher Brown. Oxford: University of Oxford, or Seattle: University of Washington Press, or Waanders Publishers, 2001. 108 pages, 146 illustrations, 54 in color. $35.00.
David Smith: Two into Three Dimensions by Karen Wilkin. Miami Beach: Grassfield Press, 2000. 100 pages, illustrated. $29.95.
Dialogues in Public Art by Tom Finkelpearl. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2002 (paper). 453 pages, 92 illustrations. $24.95.
Douglas Gordon, essays by Russell Ferguson, et. al. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2001. 184 pages, illustrated. $40.00.
Duane Hanson: Virtual Reality, essays by Christine Giles, Elizabeth Hayt, and Katherine Plake Hough. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2002. 80 pages, 48 illustrations. $30.00.
The Encyclopedia of Sculpting Techniques: A Comprehensive Visual Guide to Traditional and Contemporary Techniques by John Plowman. New York: Sterling Publishing, 2003. 176 pages, all color illustrated. $14.95.
Eva Hesse, edited by Mignon Nixon, essays by Briony Fer, Rosalind Krauss, Mignon Nixon, Anne M. Wagner, Cindy Nemser, Mel Bochner and Joan Simon. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2002. 222 pages, 60 illustrations. $15.95.
Fine Art Metal Casting: An Illustrated Guide to Mould Making and Lost Wax Processes by Richard Rome and Hamish Young. London: Robert Hale, 2003. 336 pages, 1,062 color illustrations. $225.00.
Fire on the Earth: Anselm Kiefer and the Postmodern World by John C. Gilmour. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990. 214 pages, illustrated.
Gandhara: La Mémoire de l'Afghanistan by Bérenice Geoffroy-Schneiter. Paris: Assouline Publishing, 2001. 80 pages, 60 images. $18.95.
George Kennethson: A Modernist Rediscovered, by Simon Hucker, foreword by Michael Harrison. London/New York: Merrell, 2004. 96 pages, 60 illustrations, 55 in color. $39.95.
George Rickey: The Early Works by Maxwell Davidson III. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 2004. 288 pages, illustrated. $79.95.
Gravity & Grace by Gil McElroy. Nova Scotia: Gaspereau Press, 2001. 148 pages, illustrated. $21.95.
Guy Debord and the Situationist International edited by Tom McDonough. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2002. 514 pages, 113 illustrations. $44.95.
Hans Haacke, essays by Walter Grasskamp, Molly Nesbit, Jon Bird, Hans Haacke. New York/London: Phaidon Press, 2004. 160 pages, 120 color illustrations, 30 b&w illustrations. $39.95.
Henry Moore: Sculpting the 20th Century, edited by Dorothy Kosinski. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. 324 pages, illustrated. $50.00.
Heritage of Power: Ancient Sculpture from West Mexico: The Andrall E. Pearson Family Collection, by Kristi Butterwick. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004. 96 pages, 74 illustrations, 62 in color. $19.95.
Imogen Stuart Sculptor by Brian Fallon. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2002. 160 pages, illustrated. $39.95.
The Inner Light: Sculpture by Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova by Robert Kehlmann. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, and Tacoma: Museum of Glass, 2002. 120 pages, 55 illustrations, 31 in color. $35.00.
Installation Art in the New Millennium, edited by Nicolas de Oliveira, Nicola Oxley, and Michael Perry, text by Nicolas de Oliveira, forward by Jonathan Crary. London: Thames & Hudson, 2004. 208 pages, 317 illustrations, 268 in color. $29.95.
Installations, Mattress Factory, 1990-1999, essays by Buzz Spector, et. al. 188 pages, 240 color illustrations. $30.00.
Intersections: The Life and Art of Jan Zach by Roger Hull. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 2003. 96 pages, 90 illustrations, 23 in color. $24.95.
The Interventionists: Users' Manual for the Creative Disruption of Everyday Life, edited by Nato Thompson and Gregory Sholette. Cambridge: MIT Press, and North Adams: MASS MoCA, 2004. 154 pages, 100 illustrations. $25.00.
Isamu Noguchi: Master Sculptor, by Valerie J. Fletcher, contributions by Dana Miller and Bonnie Rychlak. London: Scala, and Washington, DC: Smithsonian, and New York: Whitney, 2004. 236 pages, illustrated.
János Mattis Teutsch and the Hungarian Avant-Garde, texts by Éva Forgács and Éva Bajkay. Budapest and Miskolc: Mission Art Galéria, and West Hollywood: Louis Stern Fine Arts, 2002. 128 pages, illustrated.
Jennifer Pastor: The Perfect Ride, by Jan Tumlir, introduction by Debra Singer. New York: Abrams and the Whitney Museum of American Art, 2004. 52 pages, 35 illustrations. $18.95.
Jimmie Durham, essays by Stafano Boeri, Anna Daneri, Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, Jimmie Durham, Mario Fortunato, Cesare Pietroiusti, Roberto Pinto. Milan: Charta, 2004. 158 pages, illustrated.
John Chamberlain, edited by Aletha Zapf and Andrea Siegel, text by Allan Stone. New York: Allan Stone Gallery, 2003. 39 pages, illustrated.
Joseph McDonnell, by Donald Kuspit, photographs by David Finn and Rebecca Binder, introduction by Andre Emmerich. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, and New York: Ruder Finn Press, 2004. 252 pages, 160 duotone and color illustrations. $65.00.
Katsuyuki Shinohara: Kuma's Iron Circus, edited by Syoko Abe, text by Katsuyuki Shinohara. Japan: Scholar, 1995. 193 pages, illustrated.
Ken Little: Little Changes, texts by Kathleen Whitney, Dave Hickey, Ken Little, Paula Owen, Patrick Schuchard. San Antonio: Southwest School of Art & Craft: 2003. 65 pages, color illustrations.
Kuma: The Proud Passenger, texts by Dominique Stella and Kuma. Milan: Mudima, 2002. 120 pages, illustrated.
Leave Any Information at the Signal, by Ed Ruscha, edited and introduction by Alexandra Schwartz. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2002. 472 pages, 89 illustrations. $44.95.
The Life of Isamu Noguchi: Journey without Borders, by Masayo Duus, translated by Peter Duus. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2004. 432 pages, 36 halftones. $29.95.
Machines of the Mind: Sculpture by Lawrence Fane, forward by Richard Waller, essay by Bill Barrette. Richmond, VA: University of Richmond Museums, 2002. 71 pages, illustrated.
Magdalena Abakanowicz: Working Process enon solo, essays by Magdalena Abakanowicz, Giuliano Gori, Abraham M. Hammacher, Jasia Reichardt, Barbara Rose. Prato, Italy: Gli Ori, 2002. 189 pages, illustrated.
Mary Miss, by Mary Miss, essays by Daniel M. Abramson, Eleanor Heartney, Joseph Giovannini, Sandra Marpillero. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2004. 256 pages, 175 duotones, 35 line drawings, 15 color illustrations. $85.00.
Medardo Rosso: Second Impressions, by Harry Cooper and Sharon Hecker, with contributions by Henry Lie and Derek Pullen. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, and Cambridge: Harvard University Art Museums, 2003. 165 pages, 113 color and 6 b/w illustrations.
Metacreation: Art and Artificial Life by Mitchell Whitelaw. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2004. 293 pages, 34 illustrations. $32.95.
Michelangelo's Florence Pietà, by Jack Wasserman, essays by Franca Trinchieri Camiz, Timothy Verdon, Peter Rockwell. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2003. 271 pages, 69 b&w illustrations, 4 color, 51 duotones.
A Minimal Future? Art As Object 1958-1968, edited by Ann Goldstein and Lisa Mark. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, and Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2004. 452 pages, 300 illustrations, 200 color. $50.00.
Minor Histories: Statements, Conversations, Proposals, text by Mike Kelley, edited by John C. Welchman. Cambridge/London: MIT Press, 2004. 431 pages, 62 illustrations. $27.95.
Monumental Queensland: Signposts on a Cultural Landscape, by Lisanne Gibson and Joanna Besley. St. Lucia, Australia: University of Queensland Press, 2004. 268 pages, illustrated. $49.95.
Myth and the Creative Process: Michael Ayrton and the Myth of Daedalus by Jacob E. Nyenhuis. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2003. 368 pages, 257 b&w illustrations, 53 color illustrations. $45.00.
The New Constructivism of Fletcher Benton, essays by George Neubert, Peter Selz, Gerhard Kolberg, and Phyllis Tuchman. Switzerland: Acatos Publisher, 2001. 330 pages, illustrated. $75.00
Norbert Francis Attard, Four Olympics, edited by Dennis Vella, text by Stanley Borg, introduction by Tereza de Arruda. New York: NY Arts Books and World Art Media, 2004. 146 pages, illustrated.
Olafur Eliasson: Surroundings Surrounded (Essays on Space and Science), edited by Peter Weibel. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2002. 720 pages, 176 illustrations. $34.95.
The Oxford Companion to Western Art edited by Hugh Brigstocke. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. 768 pages, 48 color plates, 46 line drawings. $75.00.
Paul Neagu: Nine Catalytic Stations by Matei Stircea-Craciun. Bucharest: Anastasia, 2003. 235 pages, illustrated.
Plop: Recent Projects of the Public Art Fund, forward by Susan K. Freedman, essays by Tom Eccles, Dan Cameron, Katy Siegel, Jeffrey Kastner, Anne Wehr. London and New York: Merrell Publishers, 2004. 256 pages, 500 illustrations. $49.95.
Points of Departure: Art on the Line, essays by Julie Courtney et. al. Philadelphia: Mainline Art Center, 2001. 80 pages, illustrated.
Prosthetic Gods by Hal Foster. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2004. 455 pages, illustrated. $35.00.
Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester, by Terry Wyke, with Harry Cocks. Birmingham: Liverpool University Press, 2005. 394 pages, illustrated. $45.00.
Public Sculpture of Warwickshire, Coventry & Solihull by George T. Noszlopy. Birmingham: Liverpool University Press, 2003. 301 pages, illustrated. $79.95.
Pure Immanence: Essays on A Life, by Gilles Deleuze, introduction by John Rajchman, Translation by Anne Boyman. New York: Zone Books, 2001. 104 pages. $24.00.
Rhythms of Life: The Art of Andrew Rogers, by Ken Scarlett, additional text by I gor Aronov, Edmund Capon, Kathryn Walt Hall, Peter Marboe, Edmund P. Pillsbury, and Idit Porat. Australia: MacMillan, 2002. 288 pages, color illustrations.
Robert Rauschenberg, edited by Branden W. Joseph, essays by Leo Steinberg, Rosalind Krauss, Doublas Crimp, Helen Molesworth, Branden W. Joseph. Cambridge and London: MIT Press. 163 pages, 54 illustrations. $14.95.
Rodin: A Magnificent Obsession, essays by Antoinette le Normand-Romain et. al. London: Merrell Publishers, 2001. 192 pages, 100 color illustrations. $50.00.
Roman Portraits, by Ludwig Goldscheider, photography by Ilse Schneider-Lengyel. New York and London: Phaidon Press, 2004. 140 pages, 136 duotone illustrations. $19.95.
Sculpture: A Journey to the Circumference of the Earth by Robin Peck. Fredericton, Canada: Broken Jaw Press, 2004. 124 pages. $16.00.
The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India, by Vidya Dehejia, essays by Richard H. Davis, R. Nagaswamy, Karen Pechilis Prentiss. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, and New York: American Federation of Arts, 2002. 255 pages, color illustrations.
600 Moons: Fifty Years of Philip McCracken's Art, by Deloris Tarzan Ament, forward by Theodore F. Wolff. La Conner, Washington: Museum of Northwest Art, and Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 2004. 160 pages, 149 illustrations, 106 in color. $40.00.
Sorel Etrog, essay by Pierre Restany. Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2001. 168 pages, illustrated. $65.00.
Surrealism: Desire Unbound, edited by Jennifer Mundy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001. 352 pages, 300 color illustrations. $65.00.
Tom Friedman, essays by Bruce Hainley, Dennis Cooper, Adrian Searle. New York and London: Phaidon Press, 2001. 159 pages, illustrated. $29.95.
Two-Way Mirror Power: Selected Writing by Dan Graham on His Art, edited by Alexander Alberro, introduction by Jeff Wall. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999. 198 pages, 48 illustrations. $25:00 paperback, $55.00 cloth.
Univers Revolved: A Three Dimensional Alphabet, by Ji Lee. New York: Abrams, 2004. 64 pages, 6 page insert, 64 duotone illustrations. $19.95.
White Like Me: Brett Murray, text by Ivor Powell. Cape Town: Bell-Roberts Publishing, 2002. 48 pages, illustrated.
Woodland Reflections: The Art of Truman Lowe, by Jo Ortel, foreword by Lucy R. Lippard. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2003. 164 pages, illustrated.
The World of Bertoia, by Nancy N. Schiffer and Val O. Bertoia. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 2003. 270 pages, color illustrated. $89.95.
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