Mapping the Terrain: New Genre Public Art, Suzanne Lacy

I'll admit that not everyone is going to be as interested as I am in public art, but if you have even the slightest desire for a book on the subject, this should be the book. Lacy has edited together a group of essays written by any number of leading public artists, administrators and critics. The essays address emerging issues in the field of public art, largely from the viewpoint of those who are unsatisfied with the status quo in the field today. Of particular interest is the introduction by Lacy, and the article Mary Jane Jacob. The essays will be a bit jargony for newcomers, but nothing is that tough to figure out. I was most interested in the writers who addressed the changes in our ideas about what an artist does.
Posted by supersusie at November 2, 2003 10:53 PM