Statement of responsibility from page 191. Catalog of an exhibition held at Schunck Museum, Heerlen, May 2-October 3, 2021. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
'In Search of Sharawadgi' presents the ideas and dreams of Piet Oudolf and LOLA Landscape Architects. Piet Oudolf is the Netherlands' most well-known garden designer and he has completed such famous projects as the High Line in New York. This book takes the reader on a journey, showing them how public gardens and landscapes across the world have been transformed. Form the High Line in New York, the gardens of Hauser & Wirth in Somerset, the Star Maze in Tytsjerk to the Leisure Lane in Parkstad. Familiarise yourself with Oudolf's and LOLA's ultimate vision for the future: a global forest against the warming of the earth. A dream that can start in anyone's garden, however big or small. On this journey we are accompanied by the artists Joseph Beuys, Anne Geene, Geert Mul, Sanne Vaassen, Giuseppe Licari and Darcy Neven. With new and existing work, they present us an extraordinary perspective on the discipline of garden design, and major issues such as global warming and the impact of nature on our well-being. Exhibition: SCHUNCK Museum, Heerlen, The Netherlands (02.05.-03.10.2021). "'In Search of Sharawadgi' presents the ideas and dreams of Piet Oudolf and LOLA Landscape Architects. Piet Oudolf is the Netherlands' most well-known garden designer, he has completed such famous projects as the 'High Line' in New York. This book takes you on a journey, showing how public gardens and landscapes across the world have been transformed. From the 'High Line' in New York, the gardens of Hauser & Wirth in Somerset, the 'Star Maze' in Tytsjerk to the 'Leisure Lane' in Parkstad. Familiarise yourself with Oudolf's and LOLA's ultimate vision for the future: a global forest against the warming of the earth. A dream that can start in anyone's garden, however big or small. On this journey we are accompanied by the artists Joseph Beuys, Kie Ellens, Anne Geene, Giuseppe Licari, Geert Mul, Darcy Neven, Vijai Maia Parchineelam & Adrijana Gvozdenovic_acute_ and Sanne Vaassen. In doing so this book presents us an extraordinary perspective on the discipline of garden design, and major issues such as global warming and the impact of nature on our well-being."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper.
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