"Foundations" documents James Walsh's wall-hung and site/non-site specific sculptures executed in various materials: mud, seed cones, leaves, plastic tubes, chalk, mason's line, bricks and stones. These rectangular forms evoke building foundations and what Robert Smithson termed 'ruins in reverse, ' that is -- all the new construction that would eventually be built." The text mirrors Walsh's off-hand style of sculpting, scattering passages from different writers and artists across the reader's field of attention, ...
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"Foundations" documents James Walsh's wall-hung and site/non-site specific sculptures executed in various materials: mud, seed cones, leaves, plastic tubes, chalk, mason's line, bricks and stones. These rectangular forms evoke building foundations and what Robert Smithson termed 'ruins in reverse, ' that is -- all the new construction that would eventually be built." The text mirrors Walsh's off-hand style of sculpting, scattering passages from different writers and artists across the reader's field of attention, interspersing them with autobiographical passages, proposals for new sculptures, commentary on his own and other artists' work, and maps and illustrations.
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Add this copy of Foundations to cart. $37.06, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Left Hand Books.
