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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.
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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.
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.
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