| Landscape Body Dwelling: Charles Simonds at Dumbarton Oaks Contributor(s): Beardsley, John (Editor), Pillsbury, Joanne (Contribution by), Reynolds, Ann (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0884023710 ISBN-13: 9780884023715 Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Landscape |
| Dewey: 730.92 |
| LCCN: 2011006159 |
| Series: Dumbarton Oaks Contemporary Landscape Design |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 10.5" W x 8.9" (1.40 lbs) 109 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In spring 2009, Dumbarton Oaks inaugurated an occasional series of contemporary art installations intended to provide unexpected experiences and fresh interpretations of its gardens and collections. The first artist selected was the American sculptor Charles Simonds, who is well known for clay sculptures that document the wanderings of a fantastical civilization of Little People whose landscapes, architectures, and rituals have been imagined by the artist since the early 1970s. The outcome was a project that spanned the whole institution. A wide range of his current sculptures-some architectural, some figural, and some evocative of landscape, most preexisting but one made especially for the exhibition-was installed between May and October 2009 in various spaces at Dumbarton Oaks. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pillsbury, Joanne: - Joanne Pillsbury is Andrall E. Pearson Curator in the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Beardsley, John: - John Beardsley is Director of Garden and Landscape Studies at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.Lott, Linda: - Linda Lott is Librarian of the Rare Book Collection at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. |