Annotated bibliography Roxy Paine

Dempsey, Amy. Destination Art, London: Thames & Hudson, 2006

Destination Art examines sculptures which are site specific to the natural environment. Dempsey discusses how these must be ‘travelled’ to experience the true meaning and totality of each piece. This book only briefly mentions one of Paine’s dendroids and was no use to my presentation.


Heartney, Eleanor. Art & Today. London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2008.

The chapter Art, Nature and Technology provides an overview and loose timeline of nature, technology and the body in Contemporary art. Heartney discusses numerous artists and their works in relation to this theme. Roxy Paine’s sculptures and paintings are only briefly touched on. Although this book was useful for a brief summary of the artist’s work, the chapter allowed to put contextualise his work.


Heartney, Eleanor. Roxy Paine, Munich, New York: Prestel, 2009

Roxy Paine by Eleanor Heartney is a comprehensive examination of the artist’s works, his themes and philosophies. She discusses his three oeuvres - automated art machines, replicants and dendroid, how his artworks relate to each other and how they fit within the theme of nature and technology. Heartney includes detailed illustrations of Paine’s works including his sketches and models. This book is a ‘bible’ for anyone who is interested in Roxy Paine or as a study tool.


Schimmel, Paul; Sutton, Gloria. Ecstasy : in and about altered states, edited by Lisa Mark, Los Angeles, Calif. : Museum of Contemporary Art; Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2005.

Ecstasy examines the connection between the human consciousness and Contemporary art. This book gives the reader a brief insight into his first major piece Drug Ziggurat, 1994, a nine-foot-tall tower consisting of addictive products and his realistic models of highly toxic mushrooms. It is just an overview of Paine’s work with real no benefit to my assignment.