Horizon: Greg Johns Sculptures-1977-2002
- ISBN-10
- 1876832541
- ISBN-13
- 9781876832544
- Series
- Horizon
- Category
- Johns, Greg 1953-
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education AU
- Authors
- John Neylon, Greg Johns
Description
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.
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