Author : John Neylon
Publisher : Macmillan Education AU
ISBN 13 : 9781876832544
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)
Book Synopsis Horizon by : John Neylon
Download or read book Horizon written by John Neylon and published by Macmillan Education AU. This book was released on 2002 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HORIZON: GREG JOHNS, SCULPTURES 1970-2002 traces the ideas and career of the Adelaide-based artist from his first commission in the late 1970s through to participation in recent exhibitions in New York and Bahrain. The story is told by noted Adelaide writer and art critic, John Neylon of the Art Gallery of South Australia. His text examines all aspects of the artist's development as a creator of large-scale public sculptures and explains the philosophy that has shaped the work. The reader is led through a rich array of ideas and images relating to the use of sculptural form as a language in which the works serve as metaphors for the human psyche and the natural/cosmic systems that define our world. A number of key sculptures are examined in detail - as are issues surrounding public art and its reception within the community. The processes of commissioning, creating and installing the sculptures are described along with intimate glimpses into the creation of each work as it proceeds from the artist's studio, to the engineering works where it is fabricated, and then on to its intended site.