Main entry:

Matilsky, Barbara C.

Title & Author:

Fragile ecologies : contemporary artists' interpretations and solutions / Barbara C. Matilsky.

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli International, ©1992.

Description:

137 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Series:

Queens Museum of Art

Notes:
"Prepared in conjunction with the exhibition ... for the Queens Museum of Art"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references ([130]-133) and index.
Art and the balance of nature: an historical overview -- Environmental art: new approaches to nature -- Ecological art: a response to environmental issues -- Patricia Johanson: habitat-gardens -- Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison: poetic discourse along the rivers -- Mierle Laderman Ukeles: reclaiming waste -- Alan Sonfist: introducing urban forests -- Nancy Holt: reconnecting to the stars -- Buster Simpson: urban environmental action -- Betty Beaumont: the oceans -- Heather McGill and John Roloff: Isla de umunnum (Island of the hummingbirds) -- Mel Chin: Revival field -- Cheri Gaulke, Susan Boyle, and Wilson high school students: L.A. River Project.

ISBN:

0847815927
9780847815920

Subject:

Art, American 20th century Exhibitions.
Environment (Aesthetics) Exhibitions.
Nature (Aesthetics) Exhibitions.
Art, American Exhibitions.
Art américain Expositions.
Environnement (Esthétique) Expositions.
Nature (Esthétique) Expositions.
Art américain 20e siècle Expositions.
Art, American
Environment (Aesthetics)
Nature (Aesthetics)
Art, American 20th century

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
Exhibitions.

Added entries:

Queens Museum of Art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 93112
Call No.: ID PLS; ID:93-B808
Status: Available