Andre Volten: Sculpture In Public Space-Sculpture In Private Space; Author: (Art/Photo Books) Van Haaren, Hein; Author: Volten, Andre Theo Aart; Hardback; Book

Author: (Art/Photo Books) Van Haaren, Hein; Author: Volten, Andre Theo Aart
Hardback; Book
144 pages
Published: January 2000
Netherlands Architecture Institute (Nai Uitgevers/Publishers)
ISBN: 9056621513

In the past half-century there has been no more frequent and ardent defender of the significance of public sculpture than Andre Volten -- whose innumerable pieces in and out of the Netherlands have made a consistent case for the place of sculpture in the public domain. The integration of art, architecture and environment manifested in Volten's 50-year body of work is an inspiration to the public arts today, showing as it does how architecture and art can strengthen a space by complementing and responding to one another. Andre Volten: Sculpture in Public Space, the first comprehensive survey of the artist's work, features numerous beautiful reproductions of his work. In addition, it examines a variety of subjects, including Volten's stylistic development over the years, his place