Patrick Dougherty (2)

I first became familiar with artist Patrick Dougherty with another PAPress title, Natural Architecture by Alessandro Rocca; one of his "stickworks" actually graces the cover of that book. Here his amazing outdoor and gallery installations fill a whole book. His stickworks resemble oversized bird nests, manipulated into unnatural yet organic shapes and containers that one can step inside. I've yet to experience once of Dougherty's installations in person, but seeing the body of work in these show more pages makes me hope that day comes soon. show less

Dougherty makes huge sculptures the mesh with the landscape, using smallish diameter branches and samplings from available material. This book details many specific projects in photographs and text describing the circumstances and inspirations.