Director of Garden and Landscape Studies John Beardsley

John Beardsley

This invaluable volume now includes the most recent efforts by artists often in collaboration with architects and city planners to transform ravaged landscapes and desolate cityscapes into pleasure-giving parks and artworks. The book begins with an enlightening introduction tracing the historical roots of art in the landscape: Stonehenge, Indian mounds, cliff dwellings, park design from 18th-century England to modern-day golf courses. The opening chapter deals with such innovative artists as Robert Smithson, Nancy Holt, Walter De Maria, and Christo, who in the 1960s began to free their art from the confines of tradition by constructing monumental sculptures in the environment. The following chapters discuss their predecessors, peers, and successors, including Constantin Brancusi, Herbert Bayer, Richard Long, James Turrell, and many others. The final four chapters (chapter 7 is entirely new) explore at length the increasing involvement of artists in land reclamation and urban design, featuring projects by Michael Heizer, Nancy Holt, Mel Chin, Maya Lin, and many others.

Contemporary Art in the Landscape

Earthworks and Beyond

Richard Andrews

Henry Art Gallery

Maya Ying Lin

Henry art gallery. University of Washington (Seattle, Wash.).

One of the most celebrated artists working in the US, Maya Lin came to prominence in 1981 with her design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The book traces her continued fascination with geologic phenomena and topography, integrating natural contours and materials into evocative landscape sculptures.

Systematic Landscapes

Maya Lin

Jane Livingston

William Arnett

Paul Arnett

Since the 19th century, the women of Gee's Bend in southern Alabama have created stunning, vibrant quilts. Beautifully illustrated with 350 color illustrations, 30 black-and-white illustrations, and charts, Gee's Bend to Rehoboth is being�released in conjunction with a national exhibition tour including The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

The Women and Their Quilts

Gee's Bend

Director of Garden and Landscape Studies John Beardsley

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