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Modern Sculpture Reader
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Visual Culture in Britain
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January 1, 2008
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- Turner, Sarah V
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Modern Sculpture Reader edited by Jon Wood, David Hulks and Alex Potts, Leeds: Henry Moore Institute, 2007, pp.542
The history of sculpture has a rapidly expanding literature. Recently, numerous publications have explored the complex landscape of sculptural practice, particularly from the late nineteenth century to the present day, indicating a renewed critical engagement with the nebulous categories of 'sculpture', 'sculptor' and the 'sculptural'. The explosion of object-based contemporary art practices may have shaken any remaining faith in the traditional purpose and function of sculpture, but it would appear that this culture of uncertainty has generated a body of new writing which ...
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The Modern Sculpture Reader
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486 words
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C: International Contemporary Art;
February 1, 1999 ;
Peck, Robin;
787 words
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NSW: Sydney artist wins $30,000 prize at Sculpture by the Sea
AAP General News (Australia);
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424 words
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787 words
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681 words
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402 words
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Art or hazard? Woman takes on sculpture
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681 words
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LYONS, JESSICA;
787 words
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Introducing sculpture into your gallery: Part 2: selling sculpture: close...
Art Business News;
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Harlan, Jennifer;
787 words
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The Return of the Big Blue Crab; Glass Sculpture's Creator Unhappy With...
The Washington Post;
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