Landscapes for Art: Contemporary Sculpture Parks

by Glenn Harper (Editor)

Sculpture parks and gardens, whether woodland sanctuaries or urban retreats, sprawling sites or intimate oases, offer sculpture lovers and artists alike unique ways to experience the outdoors, sculpture, and the intersections between nature and culture. Since the mid-20th century, these venues have become important tourist destinations and essential aspects of public life in cities such as Chicago, Minneapolis, and Seattle and regions such as Yorkshire in England and the Hudson Highlands in New York.

Landscapes for 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. The book includes profiles of sculpture parks in the U.S., U.K., Japan, Australia, Lithuania, China, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, India, Latvia, Sweden, and Finland (among others). There are articles on key topics by art critics, landscape architects, and sculpture park professionals and interviews with Isamu Noguchi, Martin Friedman, and Alfio Bonanno.

223 pages, Paperback

First published October 30, 2008

Reviews

[Homayra Adiba]

I wish there was more detailed writing in a storytelling manner for a book about sculpture parks. However, it’s a decent book to get ideas about creative sculpture parks all around the world and magnificent sculptors in general, but in my opinion the book lacks a little spark.

[Mills College Library]

730.74 L2636 2008