{"product_id":"patrick-dougherty-james-florio-sticks-9798890181015","title":"Patrick Dougherty James Florio: Sticks","description":"\u003cb\u003eJames Florio's exquisite black-and-white photography of sixteen important sculptural projects by Patrick Dougherty across the US.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eOne of today's most admired living sculptors, Patrick Dougherty composes with nature--wielding saplings and sticks to build monumental structures that echo, play, and tussle with the land. James Florio is a Montana-based photographer focused on the built environment and the life surrounding it. He works slowly, visiting a place repeatedly to gain a greater understanding of it, to ultimately deliver a thoughtful and profound interpretation.\u003cbr\u003eThis project was inspired by Dougherty's and Florio's connection to Tippet Rise Art Center in Fishtail, Montana, where Dougherty has crafted sculptures from local willows, and where Florio has photographed the art and wild lands over many years.\u003cbr\u003eDougherty's first commission at Tippet Rise, \u003ci\u003eDaydreams\u003c\/i\u003e, was completed in 2015. He subsequently returned to the art center in 2022 to make a companion piece for this work. At the heart of both pieces is a nineteenth-century schoolhouse reproduction. The new work, \u003ci\u003eCursive\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTakes a Holiday\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), adds an installation of intertwining branches to the outside of the schoolhouse, creating a series of circular spaces that visitors can step inside. Daydreams features woven branches that connect the indoors to the outdoors.\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to thoughtful photographs, this book features information about the commission, creation, installation, and community engagement of Dougherty's work, along with essays about his practice, influence, and legacy.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Oklahoma, \u003cb\u003ePatrick Dougherty\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1945) was raised in North Carolina. He earned a B.A. in English from the University of North Carolina in 1967 and an M.A. in Hospital and Health Administration from the University of Iowa in 1969. Later, he returned to the University of North Carolina to study art history and sculpture. Combining his carpentry skills with his love of nature, Patrick began to learn more about primitive techniques of building and to experiment with tree saplings as construction material. \u003cbr\u003eIn 1982, his first work, \u003ci\u003eMaple Body Wrap\u003c\/i\u003e, was included in the North Carolina Biennial Artists' Exhibition, sponsored by the North Carolina Museum of Art. In the following year, he had his first one-person show entitled, \u003ci\u003eWaitin' It Out in Maple\u003c\/i\u003e at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. His work quickly evolved from single pieces on conventional pedestals to monumental scale environmental works, which required saplings by the truckloads.\u003cbr\u003eOver the last thirty-some years, he has built over 300 of these works, and become internationally acclaimed. His sculpture has been seen worldwide---from Scotland to Japan to Brussels, and all over the United States. He has received numerous awards, including the 2011 Factor Prize for Southern Art, North Carolina Artist Fellowship Award, Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, Henry Moore Foundation Fellowship, Japan-US Creative Arts Fellowship, and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Radius Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51260101329170,"sku":"9798890181015","price":50.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1e9b8125-5cd8-4534-9f6d-3726f7947eba.jpg?v=1746636305","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/patrick-dougherty-james-florio-sticks-9798890181015","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}