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Exhibition Catalogue
Fragile Ecologies
— Contemporary Artists' Interpretations and solutions
Various Authors
edited by Barbara C. Matilsky
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| Release Place | New York, NY, United States of America |
| Edition | 1st edition |
| Release Date | 1992 |
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| Subform | Exhibition Catalogue |
| Topics | Ecology, Environment |
| Content | “Fragile Ecologies: Contemporary Artists’ Interpretations and Solutions,” is the catalogue of the 1992 traveling exhibition, developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. It took a broad look at activist, environmentally oriented art, placing it within its historical and cultural context, as well as contemporary artists being agents of change. Chapters of the book: Art and the Balance of Nature: An Historical Overview Environmental Art: New Approaches to Nature Ecological Art: A Response to Environmental issues Patricia Johanson: Habitat-Gardens Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison: Poetic Discourse along the Rivers Mierle Laderman Ukeles: Reclaiming Waste Alan Sonfist: Introducing Urban Forests Nancy Holt: Reconnecting to the Stars Buster Simpson: Urban Environmental Action Betty Beaumont: The Oceans Heather McGill and John Roloff: Isla de Umunnum Mel Chin: Revival Field Cheri Gaulke, Susan Boyle and Wilson High School Students: L.A. River Project Artists featured: Herbert Bayer, Betty Beaumont, George Wesley Bellows, Joseph Beuys, Albert Bierstadt, Roger Brown, Mel Chin, Christo, Frederic Edwin Church, Thomas Cole, Tony Da, Agnes Denes, Jyoti Duwadi, Harriet Feigenbaum, Cheri Gaulke - Susan Boyle - Wilson High School Students, Sanford Gifford, Hans Haacke, Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison, Alexander Hogue, Nancy Holt, Tao-ning Hsü, Patricia Johanson, Dorothea Lange, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Heather McGill and John Roloff, Ana Mendieta, Thomas Moran, Paulette Nenner, Giovanni di Paolo, Jacob Riis, Arthur Rothstein, Charles Sheeler, Bonnie Sherk, Buster Simpson – Mark Spitzer – Laura Sindell – Becca Hanson, David Alfaro Siqueiros, W. Eugene Smith, Robert Smithson Alan Sonfist, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, unknown artists |
| Language | English |
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| Format | Softcover |
| Dimensions | 26.6 × 26.6 cm |
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| Pages | 138 |
