Radical Softness, 9781797228679
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Monumental soft sculptures defy expectations, blending art, craft, and technology.
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Radical Softness

the responsive art of janet echelman

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  • Hardcover

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    27 October 2025

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Summary

Janet Echelman: Radical Softness - A Visual Compendium

Radical Softness is a visual compendium of American artist Janet Echelman’s oeuvre, including detailed project documentation, archival source materials, and a fascinating illustrated chronology.

Over the past twenty-five years, Janet Echelman has created monumentally scaled public sculptures using unlikely materials, from atomized water particles to engineered fiber fifteen times stronger than s…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781797228679
ISBN-10:1797228676
Author:Gloria Sutton, Janet Echelman
Publisher:Chronicle Books
Imprint:Chronicle Books
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:27 October 2025
Weight:0g
Dimensions:279mm x 216mm
About The Author

Gloria Sutton

Gloria Sutton is an art historian and curator whose scholarship focuses on the intersection of computational networks and visual art. She is Associate Professor of Contemporary Art History and New Media at Northeastern University and a research affiliate in the Art, Culture, and Technology program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sutton has been a fellow at The Carpenter Center for Visual Art at Harvard University and the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles.

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