商品簡介
"Roof both declares and bridges the gap between the museum and its natural surroundings [reminding] us of the dynamic relationship between the artist and the art museum, a building that is a shelter and sentinel of tradition as well as a home for our living, breathing, creative nature." "Goldsworthy''s Reveal," Molly DonovanIn january 2003 British sculptor Andy Goldsworthy was invited to create a work of art for the National Gallery of Art. The project began with a series of ephemeral works on Government Island in Stafford County, Virginia. From this phase a series of photographic suites and a diary remain. The second phase of the project resulted in Roof, a site-specific sculpture comprising nine stacked-slate domes installed in the East Building of the Gallery by Goldsworthy, his assistant, and a group of British drystone wallers in the winter of 2004/2005.This is the most substantial
作者簡介
Molly Donovan is associate curator of modern and contemporary art at the National Gallery of Art.
Tina Fiske is based at the University of Glasgow, where she lectures in art history.
John Beardsley is director of garden and landscape studies at Dumbarton Oaks and senior lecturer in the department of landscape architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Martin Kemp is professor emeritus of the history of art at Oxford University.
