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Unexpected Art: Serendipitous Installations, Site-Specific Works, and Surprising Interventions
Graffiti made from cake icing, man-made clouds floating indoors, a luminous moon resting on water. Collected here are dozens of jaw-dropping artworks—site-specific installations, extraordinary sculptures, and groundbreaking interventions in public spaces—that reveal the exciting things that happen when contemporary artists play with the idea of place. Unexpected Art showcases the wonderfully experimental work of more than 50 innovative artists from around the world in galleries of their most astonishing artworks. An unusual package with three different-colored page edges complements the art inside and makes this tour of the world's most mind-blowing artwork a beautiful and thoughtprovoking gift for anyone interested in the next cool thing.
- GenresArtNonfiction
176 pages, Paperback
First published March 17, 2015
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August 4, 2023
me trying to see "the historic struggles of race, class, and gender" in an arch made of wooden chairs: 🤨🧐
Many of these pieces were interesting to look at, some even beautiful. But I'm afraid the thoughts and ideas behind it often go over my head. I'm not the kind of art lover who cares about that — I just want to look at beautiful, creative things. ✨🫧🪸💿🪜🪞🪩💭
Many of these pieces were interesting to look at, some even beautiful. But I'm afraid the thoughts and ideas behind it often go over my head. I'm not the kind of art lover who cares about that — I just want to look at beautiful, creative things. ✨🫧🪸💿🪜🪞🪩💭
November 25, 2016
A colorful, easy read. Each piece of art is accompanied by a short artist's statement and a quick description of the art and the context. At the end of the book, there's a biography of each artist/group.
Nothing spectacular, but nothing awful.
Nothing spectacular, but nothing awful.
October 16, 2015
Neat. Toddler liked it too.
September 15, 2015
A great collection of art installations worldwide- especially loved Manifest Destiny, Cloudscapes, the Nimbus works, and the lovely Private Moon.
July 23, 2017
"Rubber Duck" featured on book cover! Love the RD!
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