New Land Marks : Public Art, Community, and the Meaning of Place [Hardcover]

Penny Balkin Bach (Author), Lucy R. Lippard (Author), Thomas Hine (Author), Ellen Dissanayake (Author)

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The Fairmount Park Art Association, established in 1872, is the nation's first private, nonprofit organization dedicated to the integration of public art and urban planning. This book, New Land Marks: Public Art, Community and the Meaning of Place, documents a two year effort to plan and create unique and original public art projects. This book combines the artists' imagination, creativity, skll, and energy withthe knowledge, experience, commitment and enthusiasm of communities. The work of 16 artists are included in this book, artists such as Zevilla Jackson Preston, Todd Noew and Pepon Osorio. Included also are essays by outstanding art critics and historians. The publication of the book coincides with an exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadephia, February 10-April 15, 2001.

About the Author

Penny Balkin Bach is the Executive Director of the Fairmount Park Art Association and has presented exhibitions, lectures, and workshops about public art and has written extensively about art and the environment including the book Public Art in Philadelphia.

Ellen Dissanayake is an independent scholar and lecturer. She is the author of numerous articles and three provocative books, What is Art For?, Homo Aestheticus: Where Art Comes From and Why, and Art and Intimacy: How the Arts Began.

Thomas Hine writes about American culture, design and architecture and is the author of Populuxe, Facing Tomorrow, the The Total Package. From 1973 to 1996, he was the architecture and design critic of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Lucy R. Lippard is the author of 20 books, primarily on contemporary art. Her most recent book is On the Beaten Track: Tourism, Art and Place.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Grayson Publishing (November 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967914345
• ISBN-13: 978-0967914343
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #627,707 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars NewLandMarks, March 6, 2001

By	Glenn Harper "www.internationalnoir.blogspot.com" (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: New Land Marks : Public Art, Community, and the Meaning of Place (Hardcover)

New*Land*Marks: Public Art, Community, and the Meaning of Place, edited by Penny Balkin Bach, is the book version of an exhibition of models and proposals for an ambitions public art project in Philadelphia, undertaken by the Fairmount Park Art Association. In a way, the show and book are virtual public art: the photographs, texts, and models are a vision of what could happen, not only in this project but in the larger area of community-based public art. Sixteen artists provide visions of the city, communities within it, and the interaction of art, the public, and public space. The book itself is beautifully designed: with innovative site photographs and innovative presentation of the texts and models proposed for each site. This book breaks new ground in the field of public art.