Purchase the book: Krakamarken - Land Art as Process

KRAKAMARKEN - land art as process” by sculptor and curator , is a beautiful and thought provoking hardcover book of 98 pages with 182 color illustrations. Photographed and written by the artist who realized KRAKAMARKEN

The book is special because it documents the artworks through the processes they 


undergo while interplaying with the forces of nature.

It also features insight into the idea, the history, the nature and the spirit of the place.

The book is partly funded by the National Danish Culture Foundation and the National Danish Green Foundation



The Press wrote about Krakamarken:

"I visited the Museum of Modern Art in New York some weeks ago for 3 hours, and afterwards I was Physically and spiritually exhausted. Walking around Krakamarken for 3 hours last Tuesday I grew happier and happier.

I felt uplifted when I left. The explanation: Krakamarken is a sculpture park, but it is different from all other sculpture parks. The artworks are made on site, and always from nature’s own materials. (...) At Krakamarken you go for a walk between heaven and earth, and then the walk is interrupted, because there is something strange over there. A worm, a stone, a house, a knot. A dream, a smile, a poem, a kiss. Or just a place, which makes people stop, or even sit down and say new words to one another."

S. Ryge Petersen, Politiken Daily News

And it is fascinating to look for the half hidden traces of art and artistic interventions, as they develop, change and fade away. I have heard, that somewhere in the landscape, there is a plaited line of living grass. Even such a minimal intervention characterizes land art as a poetical and meditative art- form rising from the love for the material.” 

Art critic Torben Weirup, Berlingske Newspaper

Parallel to the fact that art has to be appreciated for its own sake, it also points beyond itself. Its creation is based on a concept of nature, where reciprocity is the dominating principle. In that respect the artworks here deal fundamentally with ethics."

Writer and art critic Claus Grymer. Christian Daily News


The Author:

Photographer: 
Mads Greve

is an environmental artist, sculptor and writer who has created a considerable number of public artworks and projects.

In his work he focuses on the site specific, on natural materials and on the processes inside and around the artwork - 

and often with a conceptual dimension and the participation of the public.

He has received a number of prizes and grants for his work, and he is an experienced lecturer in Denmark and abroad.

His works can also be seen at the Art Museum of Randers.


Prices:

Krakamarken - Land Art as Process”, ISBN 87-87656-44-2.

The price without delivery is D.kr. 285  (40 Euros)

How to order by e-mail: lis@dgr.dk

Or at the editor: 
Forlaget Djurs, Industrivej 18, 8963 Auning, Phone +45 86 48 36 33, Fax: +45 86 48 34 08

For Bookshops: the editor offers normal discounts.  Home Page: www.dgr.dk

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