Author: Fundaburk, Emma Lila and Thomas, Davenport G.

Publication Year: 1974

Media Type: Book

Summary:

The subject, Art in Public Places in the , is too vast to be treated in its entirety. It is so enormous that any possible attempts to show it in outline might seem inadequate to some readers. However, this book in some respects is a miniature of national, state and local efforts in many areas of the country which are aimed at locating and identifying art in this country. This book indicates the places in which art is most likely to be found in communities throughout the nation.

Abstract:

The subject, Art in Public Places in the , is too vast to be treated in its entirety. It is so enormous that any possible attempts to show it in outline might seem inadequate to some readers. However, this book in some respects is a miniature of national, state and local efforts in many areas of the country which are aimed at locating and identifying art in this country. This book indicates the places in which art is most likely to be found in communities throughout the nation.

The contents of this book have been assembled to show a representative number of artworks in the vast spectrum of art in the , and to indicate some of the persons, firms, and institutions taking part in providing art for public places, including private places where artworks may be viewed by the public. There is an ever-increasing reservoir of original works of art available for public viewing throughout the country. It is hoped that this book will increase public awareness of the aesthetic value of artworks, and call attention to the many locations in which more original works of art could be included in every community in the nation. It is further hoped that having pondered this matter the public will, through its ability of collective funding, provide laws and ordinances to guarantee art in architecture in many locations and provide other funds for programs in which the visual arts together with other arts can continue their momentum of development, so that original works of art will be included in more public places in the . (Preface, p. x, xi, xii.).

CONTENTS

Part 1. Artists and architects.
1. Art in public places by Louis G. Redstone.
2. The Baltimore [Maryland] ordinance by Bennard B. Perlman.
3. An ordinance and an act: San Francisco [California] and Hawaii.
4. Art in architecture ordinance, Philadelphia [Pennsylvania], creates mecca of art at Temple University.
5. Collaborations, some concrete suggestions for closing the breach between architect and artist.
6. Lippincott, Inc., North Haven, Connecticut.
7. The arts for and in buildings by William Lescaze.
8. Teamwork in architecture and sculpture by William Gehron.
9. A context for public art by Barbara Rose.
10. Sculpture symposiums.
11. Art and construction by Milton Horn.
12. A collage of contemporary views on art in architecture.
13. Site, Inc, New York [New York City]. Sculpture in the environment. A combined statement by the artists of SITE.
14. Art and the environment by Howard Conant.
15. The modern art of business.
16. Architect collaborates with the arts by Lorimer Rich.
17. SEA-TAC [Washington] airport art program considered one of best in country.
18. Art in architecture by Ada Louise Huxtable.
19. Conrad Schmitt Studios, Inc. New Berlin, Wisconsin. 20. Building a wall of art.
21. The contemporary art workshop, Chicago, Illinois by Lynn Kearney.
22. Monuments by Claes Oldenburg.
23. The male artist as a stereotypical female by June C. Wayne.
24. The Artists Guild, Inc. of New York [New York City].
25. Student art workshops.
26. The time is ripe. We are finally emerging from the barrenness that has robbed architecture of its humanity - say three modern architects by Ladislav Rado, Mario Corbett and Ely Jacques Kahn.
27. The facts of business that artists and craftsmen have to know to get architectural commissions.
28. Code of fair practice. Formulated in 1948. Revised in 1968. The Joint Ethics Committee.
29. On site construction, Civic Center Complex, Inglewood, California.
30. GSA: Lost and found art by Karel Yasko.
31. The role of the artist in today's society by Cindy Nemser.
32. Prints of the thirties [1930's]: reflections on the Federal Art Project by Jacob Kainen.
33. The Michigan Artrain.
34. The Tamarind Decade: 1960-70 by Thomas M. Rees.
35. The Women Artists' Movement by Cindy Nemser.
36. Even bad art is better than good bombs by John Perreault.
37. Studios of artists. 38. A spiritual bill of rights by Helen Webber.
39. Industrial gallery.
40. Commercial galleries.
41. The conscious stone by Christopher Tunnard.
42. Confrontation of architects and artists in 1971 conference led to consideration of one percent for art ordinance.
43. American Federation of Arts.
44. Works of art in public places. Programs of the National Endowment for the Arts.
45. Graphic studio and the art bank, University of South Florida, Tampa.

Part 2. Photographs: Museums; Schools; Structures; Outdoor areas. Index of articles. Index of pictures.

Arts & Intersections:

Categories: Public Art