Sandy Skoglund [Hardcover]

Linda Muehlig (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1998

Sandy Skoglund (b 1946) is established at the forefront of contemporary art in the United States and elsewhere, bridging the boundaries between sculpture, installation art and photography. She is known for her room-sized environments, sometimes peopled with models or mannequins, and often filled with animal sculpures, which also appear in her photographs and prints. This is a retrospective of her work, published to accompany a touring exhibition from March 1998, at Smith College (Skoglund's alma mater) and then, successively over a two-year period, in Ohio (Cincinnati and Toledo), South Carolina (Columbia) and Florida (Jacksonville). Some of the works included in the book were created especially for the exhibition. Setting Skoglund's work in context are an interview with her, and three essays.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 120 pages
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams (March 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810941856
• ISBN-13: 978-0810941854
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 9.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,052,777 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring to any budding artist or creative person., November 27, 1999

By 

Lisa Pilon (Fremont, Nebraska, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sandy Skoglund (Hardcover)

Being an untrained creative person and artist, I thrive on drinking in the arts whenever I can. I took my 12 year old daughter Jessica to Sandy's lecture and opening night of her display show in Omaha, Nebraska. It can be difficult to find such inspiration at this level in the midwest. It is just not at our fingertips as in the case of those who live on the east and west coast.

Being new to the midwest from Southern California, I was thrilled when we joined Joslyn Art Museum and our first invitation was to Sandy's lecture and to view her collection. My daughter was so inspired she wanted to use her hard earned money to buy Sandy's book but time and again the book sold out at the museum bookstore. Finally I decided to add the book to her Christmas list and surprise her with it Christmas morning. I am so thrilled to finally find it here on Amazon.com and at such a reasonable price. We are so looking forward to Christmas morning and the joy she will feel when she opens this gift. She is so artistic and creative. We want to nurture this in her, she will go far with her talent. Sandy's wonderful, colorful, inspiring work in this book will be so perfect. The book truly does her work justice, in showing her work and the process she goes through in creating it.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating look at this imaginative artist, August 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Sandy Skoglund (Hardcover)

What creativity and imagination! Sandy Skoglund (who went to school in my home town) has put together one of the most intriguing collections of photographs I've ever seen. Her pictures are so surreal and complicated it's almost impossible to describe them. Her use of sculptures, patterns and colors create whole worlds that are captured on film. Accompanying these pictures are several informative essays that delve into the mind of the artist and into the work that goes into her art. I hope others find out about this immensely talented woman so she receives the attention she deserves. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has a healthy imagination and a love of the surreal.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Creative Genius!, August 18, 2005

By 

Edison Miclat "Art Crazy" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sandy Skoglund (Hardcover)

Sandy Skoglund is a creative genius! This book greatly illustrates her artistic aesthetic to intertwine the mediums of both photography and instillation art. She is like a magician in the images she creates. Through her illusions of fabricated rooms, repetition of objects, placement of people limitation and exploration of selective colors, and great attention to detail, Skoglund is showcased well in this hardcover-bound book.

Pink bubble gum, red foxes, and yellow fish invade their own rooms. Her images seem chaotic yet serine-quite frozen in time and yet a feeling of movement is present. The book explores her earlier series to the more recent, which she explores even further to the outdoors. With large, colorful images, "Sandy Skoglund" by Linda Muehlig is a great source of inspiration and a great addition to art and photography book collectors!