Ground/work

Abstract

"A reverence for nature and a desire to further enliven the surrounding trails, pastures, and woods inspired Ground/work—the Clark Art Institute’s first outdoor exhibition—which this book records and situates within the broader context of contemporary sculpture. The six major site-responsive commissions created by Kelly Akashi, Nairy Baghramian, Jennie C. Jones, Eva LeWitt, Analia Saban, and Haegue Yang are documented throughout the seasons, alongside texts that reflect upon and illuminate the individual and collective responses of artists. Process shots and working documents are placed alongside grand single shots of artworks and their landscape contexts. Critical texts represent a wide range of significant voices in the field of contemporary art."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Landscape as found object / Molly Epstein -- Site and somatic scale : six possibilities on Stone Hill / Abigail Ross Goodman -- Rupture and the sound of silence : Jennie C. Jones' These (mournful) shores / Yesomi Umolu -- Remarks on rural Scenery, or Analia Saban teaches a cow how to draw / Jenelle Porter -- A proposal for an encounter : on Haegue Yang's Migratory DMZ birds on asymmetric lens / Pavel S. Pyś -- Post-industrial / Courtney J. Martin -- Adoration of the joint : Nairy Baghramian's Knee and elbow / Robert Wiesenberger -- Pushing against certainty : Kelly Akashi's expansive vision in A device to see the world twice / Lumi Tan. Artists: These (mournful) shores / Jennie C. Jones -- Teaching a cow how to draw / Analia Saban -- Migratory DMZ birds on asymmetric lens : Tee-Cher Tee-Cher Vessel (Great tit) ; Hou-Ke-Kyo Vessel (Japanese bush warbler) ; Duitt Duitt Vessel (Gray-backed thrush) / Haegue Yang -- Resin Tower A (Orange) ; Resin Tower B (Yellow) ; Resin Tower C (Blue) / Eva LeWitt -- Knee and elbow / Nairy Baghramian -- A device to see the world twice / Kelly Akashi.