This tapestry of primary sources is an essential primer on sculpture and its makers. Modern Sculpture presents a selection of manifestos, documents, statements, articles, and interviews from more than ninety sculptors, including a diverse selection of contemporary sculptors.

With this book, editor Douglas Dreishpoon defers to artists, whose varied points of view illuminate sculpture’s transformation—from object to action, concept to phenomenon—over the course of more than a century. Chapters arranged in chronological sequences highlight dominant stylistic, philosophical, and thematic threads uniting kindred groups The result is an artist-centric history of sculpture as a medium of consequence and character.


Format Häftad Omfång 440 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag University of California Press Utgivningsdatum 2022-10-25 ISBN 9780520297494