Kate Whiteford: Land Drawings, Installations, Excavations

Kate Whiteford: Land Drawings, Installations, Excavations
ISBN-10
1904772684
ISBN-13
9781904772682
Series
Kate Whiteford
Category
Art
Pages
175
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Black Dog Pub Limited
Authors
Colin Renfrew, Richard Cork, Kate Whiteford

Description

When artist Kate Whiteford first inscribed a leaping fish into Edinburgh's iconic Calton Hill in the 1980s, she set a precedent of site-specific work that she would build on throughout her artistic career. Whiteford's fascination with cultural layering alongside the elemental qualities of nature have led her to explore archaeology and aerial photography as a way of unearthing new meaning in a wide variety of landscapes. With essays by acclaimed art critic and former Turner Prize judge Richard Cork, prominent archaeologist Colin Renfrew and Kate Whiteford herself, this book traces a path between Whiteford's artistic motivations, and the rigorous working methods that have inspired and influenced aerial-photographic and archaeological practices.

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