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Summary
Summary
Socrates Sculpture Park is one of the most acclaimed public art spaces in the country. The Park opened in 1986 and has been an outdoor studio to over 500 artists, a venue presenting more than 40 exhibitions of large-scale sculpture, and a vital park attracting a diverse audience to Long Island City's East River waterfront. This handsome book is published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Socrates Sculpture Park, and it is the first major publication on this unique outdoor museum.
Sculptor Mark di Suvero founded the Park with the assistance of fellow artists, community members, and city officials who transformed an abandoned lot into an award-winning urban renewal project. The history, spirit, and nature of this collaborative enterprise is presented through photographs and essays that reveal the beauty, energy, and import of this successful public art space.
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Author Notes
Alyson Baker is Executive Director of Socrates Sculpture Park. Ivana Mestrovic is the Director of Spacetime CC. Mark di Suvero is an artist and the founder of Socrates. Thomas Hanrahan is an architect with hMa, hanrahan Meyers architects, New York City, and Dean of the School of Architecture at Pratt Institute. Jeffrey Kastner is an art critic and Senior Editor of Cabinet magazine. Irving Sandler is an art historian and founding board member of Socrates.
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Socrates Sculpture Park is a truly remarkable place with a history to match. This book, published for the park's 20th anniversary, lovingly captures its spirit of creativity and collaboration, with more than 200 photos and 13 commentaries. Socrates Park was the brainchild of internationally celebrated sculptor Mark Di Suervo, whose studio abutted a 4.5 acre landfill and illegal dump site on the East River in Queens, New York. Di Suervo's vision was to transform this eyesore into an outdoor sculpture gallery, educational resource, training ground for young artists, and a place of community pride. Mobilizing people from the neighborhood, the international arts community, and the political establishment, Di Suervo spearheaded the development of what is today New York's largest contemporary sculpture park and an official part of the City's Department of Parks and Recreation. Since its founding, the park has presented some 50 juried exhibitions of large-scale sculpture by some 500 artists, and attracts some 65,000 visitors annually, an award-winning example of the role of art in community revitalization. Three brief, articulate essays and nine even briefer, touching commentaries by notables; excellent information about the park's exhibition history, participating artists, and people behind the project's success. A must contemporary art purchase. ^BSumming Up: Highly recommended. General readers; lower-division undergraduates through faculty. J. A. Day University of South Dakota
