Groundswell : women of land art / Leigh A. Arnold ; with contributions by Leigh A. Arnold, Scout Hutchinson, Jana La Brasca, Anna Lovatt, Jenni Sorkin, and Anne Thompson.
Groundswell features 12 artists recognized for their sustained engagement with Land art: Lita Albuquerque (American, born 1946); Alice Aycock (American, born 1946); Beverly Buchanan (American, 1940-2015); Agnes Denes (American, born Hungary, 1931); Maren Hassinger (American, born 1947); Nancy Holt (American, 1938-2014); Patricia Johanson (American, born 1940); Ana Mendieta (American, born in Cuba, 1948-1985); Mary Miss (American, born 1944); Jody Pinto (American, born 1942); Michelle Stuart (American, born 1933); and Meg Webster (American, born 1944). Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Groundswell: Women of Land Art" curated by Leigh A. Arnold and organized by the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas. On view September 23, 2023 - January 7, 2024. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Director's foreword / Jeremy Strick -- Acknowledgments / Leigh A. Arnold -- Exceeding the field of vision / Leigh A. Arnold -- Plates: charting the land and sky -- Structured power / Jenni Sorkin -- Plates: architecture, ruins, and exposed infrastructure -- Patricia Johanson: reconfiguring the garden / Anne Thompson -- Plates: the emergence of ecological art -- Only connect: art, feminism, and ecology in the 1980s / Anna Lovatt -- Plates: land art, performance, and the body -- Out of place: indigenous resistance, cultural appropriation, and land art histories / Scout Hutchinson -- Plates: from land art to public art -- Selected chronology, 1959-1990 / Jana La Brasca -- Checklist of the exhibition -- Artist biographies / Jana La Brasca -- Selected bibliography -- Contributors -- Photography credits.
Summary:
Groundswell features 12 artists recognized for their sustained engagement with Land Art: Lita Albuquerque (American, born 1946); Alice Aycock (American, born 1946); Beverly Buchanan (American, 1940-2015); Agnes Denes (American, born Hungary, 1931); Maren Hassinger (American, born 1947); Nancy Holt (American, 1938-2014); Patricia Johanson (American, born 1940); Ana Mendieta (American, born in Cuba, 1948-1985); Mary Miss (American, born 1944); Jody Pinto (American, born 1942); Michelle Stuart (American, born 1933); and Meg Webster (American, born 1944).
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