Environmental artists from Europe and North America talk about their work.
Art Nature Dialogues offers interviews with artists working with, in, and around nature and the environment. The interviews explore art practices, ecological issues, and values as they pertain to the siting of works, the use of materials, and the ethics of artmaking. John K. Grande includes interviews with Hamish Fulton, David Nash, Bob Verschueren, herman de vries, Alan Sonfist, Nils-Udo, Michael Singer, Patrick Dougherty, Ursula von Rydingsvard, and others.
Table of Content
Illustrations
Foreword: Eco-Art, Then and Now
Edward Lucie-Smith
Introduction: True to Nature
1. Real Living Art!
David Nash
2. Yardworking
Patrick Dougherty
3. Eco-Habitat
Gilles Bruni and Marc Babarit
4. Ephemeral Public Art
Jerilea Zempel
5. In Nature’s Eyes
Alfio Bonanno
6. Mechanical Botanical
Doug Buis
7. Designing with Nature
Michael Singer
8. The Vegetal (and Mineral) World(s) of Bob Verschueren
9. Nature Vision
Nils-Udo
10. Riverwork
Mario Reis
11. Cosmological Shadows
Bill Vazan
12. No Walk, No Work!
Hamish Fulton
13. The Spike
Egil Martin Kurdøl
14. Culture Nature Catalyst
Betty Beaumont
15. Natural/Cultural
Alan Sonfist
16. Ship of Life
Peter von Tiesenhausen
17. Earth in Context
Reinhard Reitzenstein
18. Earthbound Mystery
Ursula von Rydingsvard
19. Healing Garden
Mike Mac Donald
20. chance & change
herman de vries
21. The Heart of the Matter
Chris Drury
Recommended Reading
Index
About the author
Writer and art critic John K. Grande has published extensively in Artforum, Vice Versa, Sculpture, Art Papers, and other major art media venues. He is also the author of Balance: Art and Nature and Intertwining: Landscape, Technology, Issues, Artists.
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