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'An excellent guide' --Metro
'If there is anything more likely to make you want to jack it all in and travel the world, I haven't found it yet'
--Artists & Illustrators
`The strength ofAmy Dempsey's writing is that she stresses the [artist's] personal vision behind their works'
--The Art Newspaper
'If there is anything more likely to make you want to jack it all in and travel the world, I haven't found it yet'
--Artists & Illustrators
`The strength ofAmy Dempsey's writing is that she stresses the [artist's] personal vision behind their works'
--The Art Newspaper
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First published in 2006, Destination Art remains the only illustrated guide to modern and contemporary art sites outside the confines of museums and galleries. Revised and updated in paperback, the book profiles more than 200 of the most important contemporary art sites around the world, including four new sites in Tennessee, Norway, China and Scotland. From massive land and environmental works to extensive sculpture parks, some of the most crucial and popular international artists are profiled, from Henri Matisse, Anoni Gaudí and Constantin Brancusi to James Turrell, Antony Gormley and Olafur Eliasson.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It's a truism that art is always better when experienced directly, it is never the same in reproduction or description. So what happens with art that is tied to a location? It is never coming to a gallery near you soon, except in reproduced format. What about work that is both physically remote and obscure? This is where a book like Destination Art is invaluable.
What this book does so well is to almost overcome the limitations of description and reproduction, and allow you to engage with some truly beautiful and original art, without necessarily visiting it, and yet also inspires you to go and see it first-hand. The premise of this book is simple: to cover art which demands that you travel to a particular location to see it. This is not about galleries, although one or two do sneak in, such as the Museo Guggenhiem, Bilbao, this is all about art that demands that you visit it in its location and experience it on its own terms.
One of the wonderful things about this book is the breadth of destination art, ranging from the famous, such as Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty in Utah, to the not so well known, such as Le Palais Idéal, in Hauterives, France. Each of the fifty featured destinations has been lovingly and richly described, and a further one hundred and fifty are covered in less detail but are well described nevertheless. Having been to one or two of the destinations: the fantastic Cass Sculpture Foundation in Goodwood for example, it is interesting to see how well they have been described, in fact the quality of the writing just makes me want to visit again. As a sampler of what is out there, some of which you could easily get to, some of which would be more difficult to reach, it is an absolute joy.
In short, if you have an interest in modern or contemporary art this is a book you should treat yourself to, or if you are really lucky have someone else buy it for you, thanks to my Sister-in-Law and Brother for doing exactly this.
What this book does so well is to almost overcome the limitations of description and reproduction, and allow you to engage with some truly beautiful and original art, without necessarily visiting it, and yet also inspires you to go and see it first-hand. The premise of this book is simple: to cover art which demands that you travel to a particular location to see it. This is not about galleries, although one or two do sneak in, such as the Museo Guggenhiem, Bilbao, this is all about art that demands that you visit it in its location and experience it on its own terms.
One of the wonderful things about this book is the breadth of destination art, ranging from the famous, such as Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty in Utah, to the not so well known, such as Le Palais Idéal, in Hauterives, France. Each of the fifty featured destinations has been lovingly and richly described, and a further one hundred and fifty are covered in less detail but are well described nevertheless. Having been to one or two of the destinations: the fantastic Cass Sculpture Foundation in Goodwood for example, it is interesting to see how well they have been described, in fact the quality of the writing just makes me want to visit again. As a sampler of what is out there, some of which you could easily get to, some of which would be more difficult to reach, it is an absolute joy.
In short, if you have an interest in modern or contemporary art this is a book you should treat yourself to, or if you are really lucky have someone else buy it for you, thanks to my Sister-in-Law and Brother for doing exactly this.
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Destination Art - A Wonderful Book
20 May 2012
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An absolute must-read for the traveller and art lover! Makes creating a Bucket List easy! Great photos and even better narrative on the various places of interest.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Destination Art
30 Oct 2007
Format:Hardcover
Destination Art was purchased as a gift. It is exactly what I was looking for and was amazed that this topic/idea was available,
3 of 7 people found the following review helpful
ultimate travel inspiration for lovers of art
20 Dec 2006
Format:Hardcover
just browsed and bought this book. amazed it wasn't written long ago. too late, alas, for my friend, berta gardner, who always chose her trips this way. perhaps on the ultimate journey she's already found a copy. highly recommended.
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