Yorkshire Sculpture Park: Landscape for Art

9th June 2008

New landmark publication celebrates 30 years of leading UK gallery Yorkshire Sculpture Park: Landscape for Art.

“This development of Yorkshire Sculpture Park is a formidable achievement... What started off in 1977 as an idea for an outdoor sculpture exhibition has evolved into something richer and more complex. Almost by stealth, it has become a nationally important contemporary gallery.” Hugh Pearman, The Sunday Times.

Landscape for Art is a new, comprehensive, landmark publication charting the remarkable thirty-year story of Yorkshire Sculpture Park, from its beginning in 1977 into one of today's leading international centres for contemporary and modern art.

Over 300 pages of stunning images and illustrations capture the flavour and diversity of the Sculpture Park's work in its magnificent setting of 500 acres of historic landscape. Landscape for Art offers an invaluable insight into the work, imagination and creative processes of over 500 artists including Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Anthony Caro, James Turrell, Andy Goldsworthy, Sol LeWitt and Antony Gormley.

The energy, vision, commitment and ground breaking work which transformed this 18th century parkland estate into an international sculpture centre is revealed through fascinating texts and inspiring contributions by poet Simon Armitage, artists Alec Finlay and Sarah Staton, author Lynne Green, YSP founder and director Peter Murray and Financial Times art critic William Packer.

YSP brings together historic landscape, new architecture, changing open-air sculpture displays, pioneering education work, residencies, new commissions and a vibrant programme of temporary exhibitions. Landscape for Art provides a moving and enlightening testimony to the importance, value and success of Yorkshire Sculpture Park over the last thirty years.

Price £25. Mail orders: 01924 832631 or www.shop-ysp.co.uk

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, near Wakefield, is an independent art gallery, registered museum and charity. Registered charity number 1067908. It receives funding from: Arts Council England. Wakefield MDC. The Henry Moore Foundation. West Yorkshire Grants (a joint committee of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield Councils).

Landscape for Art's principal text is edited by Lynne Green, co-founder and former editor of Contemporary Art (now Contemporary magazine). She has worked as exhibition organiser at the Hayward Gallery, and is now a freelance curator and writer.