Fragile ecologies : contemporary artists' interpretations and solutions /
By: Matilsky, Barbara C
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Contributor(s): Queens Museum of Art.
Publisher: New York : Rizzoli International, c1992Description: 137 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0847815927 :; 9780847815920 :.Subject(s): Art, American -- 20th century -- Exhibitions | Environment (Aesthetics) -- Exhibitions | Nature (Aesthetics) -- ExhibitionsDDC classification: 709.943 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 709.943 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0034710 |
"Prepared in conjunction with the exhibition ... for the Queens Museum of Art"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references ([130]-133) and index.
Art and the balance of nature: an historical overview -- Environmental art: new approaches to nature -- Ecological art: a response to environmental issues -- Patricia Johanson: habitat-gardens -- Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison: poetic discourse along the rivers -- Mierle Laderman Ukeles: reclaiming waste -- Alan Sonfist: introducing urban forests -- Nancy Holt reconnecting to the stars -- Buster Simpson: urban environment action -- Betty Beaumont: the oceans -- Heather McGill and John Roloff: isla de umunnum (island of the hummingbirds) -- Mel Chin: revival field -- Cheri Gaulke, Susan Boyle, and Wilson high school students: L.A. River Project.