The Ethics of Earth Art

Acknowledgments

ix This book is dedicated to Aron Vinegar, with heartfelt thanks. I am grateful for your insights , and for our many spirited conversations, which have enriched these pages. Special thanks go to Christine Ross, for her perceptive recommendations and advice. You have inspired me more than words can say. I am indebted to those individuals who provided me with invaluable feedback at different stages of this project: Jennifer Roberts, Erika Suderberg, David Woods, Dana Arnold, Jackie Brookner, Alex Potts, Johanne Sloan, Bronwen Wilson, Angela Vanhaelen, Hajime Nakatani, Andrew Shelton, Vibha Arora, Alexandra Ganser, and Alex Boutros. Many thanks to my editor, Richard Morrison, for his advice and vision for this book, and to Adam Brunner, for taking the time to respond to all my questions over the course of the book’s production. Kathy Delfosse, thank you for your sharp eye in editing the manuscript. Thanks also to Kristina Kachele for her beautiful work on the cover design. I am grateful to the artists, curators, gallery directors, and assistants who kindly helped Acknowledgments me acquire reproduction permissions and images: Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz, Marta Fodor, Lowell Bassett, Maggie Fleming, Basia Irland, Aviva Rahmani, Betty Beaumont, Emily Ruotolo, Helene Lundbye Petersen, James McKee, Amy Plumb, Dennis Oppenheim , Richard Long, Chris Drury, Berit Potter, Jeanne Dreskin, Daniel Cheek, Stephanie Joson, Kim Tischler, Jackie Brookner, Ichi Ikeda, Newton Harrison, Christopher Rawson, Liesbeth Nieuwenweg, Helen Little, Naomi Potter, Nancy Fulton, Aurora Aspen , and Alexis Sutton. This research was generously funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC). I am also grateful to those who gave me the opportunity to present this work publicly in its formative stages: Daniel Adler and Jeanette Redensek, Ronald Bernier, and the Department of History of Art at Ohio State University. I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to my family, especially to my parents, Elisabeth Gedge and Gus Boetzkes, and to my grandfather, Lloyd Gedge, for their unfailing support. And finally, a special recognition to the artists featured in this book. Your work has been both challenging and rewarding to write about. This page intentionally left blank Figure 1. Mark Dion, Neukom Vivarium, 2007. Mixed-media installation . Greenhouse structure, eighty feet. Installation view at Seattle Art Museum, Seattle. Photograph by Paul Macapia. Courtesy of the artist; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle. Gift of Sally and William Neukom, American Express Company, Seattle Garden Club, Mark Torrance Foundation, and Committee of 33 in honor of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum. ...