Public art: the pages of history. Art in the context of nature and nature in the context of art

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Abstract

The article investigates the evolution of landscape genre in contemporary art (second half of 20th — beginning of 21st century) in the context of issues of public art. The author considers a range of issues related to the reasons for the emergence of such phenomena and their relationship to the general crisis of Western culture. It traces the history of the emergence of the most significant trends in the mainstream of artistic transformation of nature in the United States and Western Europe since the 1970s. In particular, analyzes of land art as a trend is important in the context of public art. Also the article includes comparative analysis of stylistic characteristics of American and European examples of this trend, with mention of some important names. Separately considers the phenomenon of the newest version of the tradition of sculpture park, the best examples of which are shown in the UK. 

Keywords:

contemporary art, contemporary sculpture, public art, land art, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Richard Long

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Alexander O. Kotlomanov, Sаint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design; Saint Petersburg State University

PhD, associate professor

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Литература

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8. Котломанов А. О. Паблик-арт: страницы истории. Британские парки скульптуры второй половины XX века // Вестник СПбГУ. Сер. 15: Искусствоведение. 2014. Вып. 1. С. 97–106.

References

1. Kotlomanov A. O. Pablik-art: stranitsy istorii. Fenomen kontr-monumenta i krizis memorial'noi traditsii v sovremennoi monumental'noi skul'pture, Vestnik SPbGU. Ser. 15: Iskusstvovedenie. 2015. Vyp. 1. p. 53–70.

2. Moore H. Writings and Conversations / ed. by A. Wilkinson. Berkeley; Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2002. 320 p.

3. Hammacher A. M. Barbara Hepworth. London: Thames & Hudson, 1987. 216 p.

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6. Krauss R. E. Skul'ptura v rasshirennom pole, Krauss R. E. Podlinnost' avangarda i drugie modernistskie mify, per. s angl. A. Matveevoi, K. Kistiakovskoi, A. Obukhovoi. M.: Khudozhestvennyi zhurnal, 2003. P. 272–288.

7. Norvell P. An interview with Robert Smithson, 1969, Modern Sculpture Reader, ed. by J. Wood, D. Hulks, A. Potts. Leeds: Henry Moore Institute, 2007. P. 285–296.

8. Kotlomanov A. O. Pablik-art: stranitsy istorii. Britanskie parki skul'ptury vtoroi poloviny XX veka, Vestnik SPbGU. Ser. 15: Iskusstvovedenie. 2014. Vyp. 1. P. 97–106.

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2015-06-15

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Kotlomanov, A. O. (2015). Public art: the pages of history. Art in the context of nature and nature in the context of art. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Arts, 5(2), 75–86. Retrieved from https://artsjournal.spbu.ru/article/view/2272

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Visual arts

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