Undermining : a wild ride through land use, politics, and art in the changing West /
By: Lippard, Lucy R.
Publisher: New York : The New Press, 2014Description: vii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text | still image | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781595586193; 9781595586193:.Subject(s): Art and society -- West (U.S.) | Politics and culture -- United States
| Land use -- Social aspects -- West (U.S.) | Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- West (U.S.)DDC classification: 701.030978 LIP Summary: Author, curator, and activist Lucy R. Lippard is one of America's most influential writers on contemporary art, and she is a pioneer in the fields of cultural geography, conceptualism, and feminist art. Working from experience in a New Mexico village and inspired by gravel pits in the landscape, Lippard weaves a series of themes into a tapestry that illuminates the relationship between culture and the land. From threatened Native American sacred sites to the history of uranium mining, Lippard frames a sceptical examination of the 'subterranean economy.'
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-200).
Author, curator, and activist Lucy R. Lippard is one of America's most influential writers on contemporary art, and she is a pioneer in the fields of cultural geography, conceptualism, and feminist art. Working from experience in a New Mexico village and inspired by gravel pits in the landscape, Lippard weaves a series of themes into a tapestry that illuminates the relationship between culture and the land. From threatened Native American sacred sites to the history of uranium mining, Lippard frames a sceptical examination of the 'subterranean economy.'