The follwing Call for Papers addresses the intersection of sculpture and
gardens/landscape. The session will be part of the College Art Association
conference in Dallas TX, February 2008.

The Sculptor and the Garden

From the earliest periods sculptors have transformed the character of the
landscape. Whether urban or rural, "wild" or formal, the placement of a
sculpture in the landscape created a garden serving to imbue the space with
associations that enriched the meaning of the locale itself or suggested
that the garden was another realm entirely - Eden, Athens, Rome. What is the
nature of this relationship today, as sculptors cease placing sculptures in
the garden and now create the garden itself? In the realm of public art this
has led to a tension between sculptors, landscape architects, and garden
designers. This session seeks papers that explore the relationship between
sculpture and landscape from the eighteenth century to the present day. Of
particular interest are papers that explore the link between contemporary
practice and its precedents in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Claire Black McCoy, Longwood University and Mara Adamitz Scrupe, Columbus
State University, mail to: Claire Black McCoy, Dept. of Art, Longwood
University, 201 High Street, Farmville VA 23901