FALL 1998 THE CRITICAL REVIEW OF LANDSCAPE ART AND GARDEN DESIGN
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Art and Landscape in Charleston and the Low Country "Beardsley's suggestion of the garden as a model of public art emphasized not conflict but reconciliation and refuge, as well as the restorative properties of cultivated nature." - Eleanor Heartney, Art in America
Art and Landscape in Charleston and the Low Country

By John Beardsley with contributions from. This book is the legacy of an exhibition entitled "Human/Nature: Art and Landscape in Charleston and the Low Country," a special project of the 21st season of the Spoleto Festival U.S.A. Featuring works in a variety of media by 13 artists, the exhibition included installations by landscape architects Adriaan Geuze and Martha Schwartz, sculptors Magdalena Abakanowicz and Martha Jackson-Jarvis, video artist Mary Lucier, and self-taught artist Thornton Dial. Curated by John Beardsley, the 1997 exhibition built upon "Places with a Past," the festival's renowned 1991 collection of site-specific art. In "Human/Nature," diverse works of art were scattered around Charleston and its surrounding countryside, offering perceptive glimpses into the low-country environment. Some of the projects were as simple as marking a place in the landscape or making a frame for viewing the world, while others examined human behavior, history, race relations, and cycles of growth and decay in nature and civilization. Art and Landscape in Charleston and the Low Country was photographed by Len Jenshel, noted landscape photographer whose images have appeared in Aperture, House and Garden, The New York Times Magazine, Life, and Harper's. "Human/Nature," whose title alludes to the reciprocity between culture and the environment, demonstrated the enormous appeal of the region's natural surroundings, but it also surveyed some of the cultural patterns and social history apparent - or disguised - in its landscape. With text contributions by Theodore Rosengarten and Roberta Kefalos, this book will fascinate anyone with an interest in contemporary art, landscape history or design. 10 1/2 by 10 1/2 inches; 168 pages. ISBN 1-888931-17-5. Hardcover.
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