Helen and Newton Harrison: California Work
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Author: Tatiana Sizonenko (ed.)
This volume addresses the interaction between art, science, and social processes – a preoccupation that underpins the work of artists Helen and Newton Harrison, often seen as the founders of Eco Art. It examines their ideas, processes and techniques in the field of ecological art and their influence on nature and society using the example of their Californian works from the last 50 years, which were a laboratory for a wealth of innovative artistic strategies. Includes essays and interviews. The Harrisons later used these strategies in other parts of the world to solve current environmental problems in local and global contexts.The volume contains critical essays as well as a selection of interviews with Newton Harrison, in which he reflectson the development of their Californian œuvre, and numerous illustrations documenting many of the artworks for the first time.
ISBN 9783422802117. Deutscher Kunstverlag. hb. 224 pages. 180 colour ills. 29 x 29 cm.
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This volume addresses the interaction between art, science, and social processes – a preoccupation that underpins the work of artists Helen and Newton Harrison, often seen as the founders of Eco Art. It examines their ideas, processes and techniques in the field of ecological art and their influence on nature and society using the example of their Californian works from the last 50 years, which were a laboratory for a wealth of innovative artistic strategies. Includes essays and interviews. The Harrisons later used these strategies in other parts of the world to solve current environmental problems in local and global contexts.The volume contains critical essays as well as a selection of interviews with Newton Harrison, in which he reflectson the development of their Californian œuvre, and numerous illustrations documenting many of the artworks for the first time.
ISBN 9783422802117. Deutscher Kunstverlag. hb. 224 pages. 180 colour ills. 29 x 29 cm.
available