Beverly Buchanan: Marsh Ruins

ISBN-10: 1846382203
ISBN-13: 9781846382208
Category: Art
Pages: 96
Language: English
Published: 2021-02-02
Publisher: MIT Press
Author: Amelia Groom

Description

An illustrated examination of Beverly Buchanan's 1981 environmental sculpture, which exists in an ongoing state of ruination. Beverly Buchanan's Marsh Ruins (1981) are large, solid mounds of cement and shell-based tabby concrete, yet their presence has always been elusive. Hiding in the tall grasses and brackish waters of the Marshes of Glynn, on the southeast coast of Georgia, the Marsh Ruins merge with their surroundings as they enact a curious and delicate tension between destruction and endurance. This volume offers an illustrated examination of Buchanan's environmental sculpture, which exists in an ongoing state of ruination.