"Lippard overwhelms us with the breadth of her reading and the comprehensiveness with which she considers
the things that define place. . . [The Lure of the Local] could equally well turn up in areas like environment,
planning, women's studies, geography, and current affairs."
--New York Times Book Review
"Lippard has signaled the highest political hopes of art, from her early embrace of '60s conceptual art to
her '70s support of feminism to her careful documentation in the '80s of the art of America's ethnic communities.
. . [The Lure of the Local] arrives at an auspicious time, as interest in community history is on the rise throughout
the country. . . An encyclopedic study of the art of community."
--Portland Oregonian
"An excellent reference guide to recent and historical place-oriented art and activism."
--Preservation
New Press Web Site, August, 2000
Summary
In The Lure of the Local, Lucy R. Lippard, one of America's most influential art writers, weaves together cultural
studies, history, geography, and contemporary art to provide a fascinating exploration of our multiple senses of
place. Expanding her reach far beyond the confines of the art world, she discusses community, land use, perceptions
of nature, how we produce the landscape, and how the landscape affects our lives. In this extensively illustrated,
beautifully produced volume, she consistently makes unexpected connections between contemporary art and its political,
social, and cultural contexts.
