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The Lure of the Local

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The cover of Lippard's 1997 book features a photograph similar to this: a home afloat like a raft on the sea.

The Lure of the Local: Sense of Place in a Multicentered Society is a 1997 study of the sense of place, by American author and 1968 Guggenheim Fellowship winner Lucy Lippard. The phrase, coined by Lippard, in this study refers to a sense of place that an individual can have about where she lives, or where he lived in his childhood. The New York Times calls the book a "wide-ranging survey".[1] Lippard's work discusses a diverse array of topics including historic preservation, landscape photography, public art, and environmental pollution.[1] The book's layout is unusual, encouraging readers to think locally, globally, and esthetically simultaneously.[1] She is critical of the public art movement, and the lack of connection between the artists and the places their art is installed.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d Hine, Thomas (17 August 1997). "All Over the Place". New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2022.