02288    a2200265   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001500136072001500151072001200166072001300178072002100191072001700212100001100229245008200240250000600322260003200328300001000360520163700370999001502007113825377420250317100410.0250312042017GB                   eng    a9781138253773  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 56.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aAGA2thema7 aABA2thema7 aAC2bic7 aABA2bic7 aART0151102bisac7 a709.22bisac1 aXin Wu10aPatricia Johanson and the Re-Invention of Public Environmental Art, 1958-2010  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20170308  a334 p  bImpeccably researched and richly detailed, this book addresses the issue of translation between visual arts and landscape design in the 50 more years career of Patricia Johanson, an important artist in the second half of the twentieth-century. Examining the artist’s search for an "art of the real" as a member of the post-World War II New York art world, and how such pursuit has led her from painting and sculpture to public garden and environmental art, Xin Wu argues for the significance of the process of art creation, challenging the centrality of art objects.  This book is an insightful study to confront a crucial question in the history of art through the work of a contemporary artist. It therefore converses with art historians and critics alike, as well as advanced readers of twentieth-century art. Following Johanson's artistic development, from its formation in the 1960s American art scene to the very present day, across the fields of art, architecture, garden, civil engineering and environmental aesthetics, it investigates the process of creation in a transdisciplinary perspective, and reveals a view of art as a domain of exploration of key issues for the contemporary world. The artist's concept of nature is highlighted, and particular impacts of Chinese aesthetics and thought unveiled. Based on extensive analysis of unpublished private archives, Xin Wu offers us the first ever comprehensive scholarly interpretation of Patricia Johanson's oeuvre, including drawings, paintings, sculptures, installations, garden proposals, and built and unbuilt projects in the United States, Brazil, Kenya, and Korea.  c2240d2240