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In many anthologies of art, sculpture is given short shrift in relation to other media, if it is treated at all. Modern Sculpture Reader aims to rectify this situation by presenting a collection of important texts that have defined sculptures radically changing status and role since the end of the nineteenth century, a time marked by a general reappraisal of the forms and functions of art. From the rigorously theoretical to the experimental and poetic, Modern Sculpture Reader offers a lively discourse on the medium by a range of artists, writers, critics, and poetsMarcel Duchamp, Louise Bourgeois, Claes Oldenberg, Andr Breton, Ezra Pound, and Clement Greenbergin a variety of poems, lectures, transcribed interviews, newspaper and magazine articles, and artists statements. These diverse text selections offer valuable insight into the development of the critical language of sculpture and its connections to other media in an era of increasingly conceptual artistic practice. Many of the essays highlight key ongoing concerns such as sculptures physical properties and conditions of display, both of which have important implications for the viewers tactile and emotional interaction with sc

Author

Jon Wood; David Hulks; Alex Potts

Publisher

Leeds: Henry Moore Institute ; Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781606061060

Subjects

Art, Arts

Updated

2026-03-24