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==Quotations== |
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*"Even if I work parallel to nature and only intervene with the greatest possible care, a basic internal contradiction remains. It is a contradiction that underlies all of my work, which itself can't escape the inherent fatality of our existence. It harms what it touches : the virginity of nature... To realize what is possible and latent in Nature, to literally realize what has never existed, utopia becomes reality. A second life suffices. The event has taken place. I have only animated it and made it visible."<ref>[http://greenmuseum.org Environental Art Museum] , ''[http://greenmuseum.org/content/artist_index/artist_id-36__nosplit-z.html Nils Udo]'', 21 February, 2009.</ref> |
*"Even if I work parallel to nature and only intervene with the greatest possible care, a basic internal contradiction remains. It is a contradiction that underlies all of my work, which itself can't escape the inherent fatality of our existence. It harms what it touches : the virginity of nature... To realize what is possible and latent in Nature, to literally realize what has never existed, utopia becomes reality. A second life suffices. The event has taken place. I have only animated it and made it visible."<ref>[http://greenmuseum.org Environental Art Museum] , ''[http://greenmuseum.org/content/artist_index/artist_id-36__nosplit-z.html Nils Udo]'', 21 February, 2009.</ref> |
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==Bibliography== |
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* ''Nils Udo: Art In Nature'', 2002, ISBN 2080108913 |
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* ''Le maïs'', 1996, ISBN 2908650320 |
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* ''Nids'', 2003, ISBN 2702206751 |
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==Gallery== |
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* [http://www.artnet.com/artist/572953/nils-udo.html Nils Udo on artnet] |
* [http://www.artnet.com/artist/572953/nils-udo.html Nils Udo on artnet] |
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==See also== |
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*[[Land art]] |
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[[Category:German photographers]] |
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Revision as of 11:48, 21 February 2009
Nils Udo | |
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| Nationality | German |
| Known for | Sculpture; photography |
| Movement | Environmental art and Land art |
Nils Udo (born 1937) is a German sculptor.
Quotations
- "Even if I work parallel to nature and only intervene with the greatest possible care, a basic internal contradiction remains. It is a contradiction that underlies all of my work, which itself can't escape the inherent fatality of our existence. It harms what it touches : the virginity of nature... To realize what is possible and latent in Nature, to literally realize what has never existed, utopia becomes reality. A second life suffices. The event has taken place. I have only animated it and made it visible."[1]
Bibliography
- Nils Udo: Art In Nature, 2002, ISBN 2080108913
- Le maïs, 1996, ISBN 2908650320
- Nids, 2003, ISBN 2702206751
Gallery
References
- ^ Environental Art Museum , Nils Udo, 21 February, 2009.
External links
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