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Conversations with artists from both mainstream and marginalized cultures of Canada, Chile, Mexico, Norway, Senegal, China, Iran, the USA, and Great Britain, focusing on questions of art's relationship to the environment, how art can make us see and relate to the world around us, and how art can preserve the future of the planet and enrich lives.
Public Art Review, New Collaborations: Spring/Summer 2008 | Download the PDF (1 Mb)

“Grande is a fine interviewer: he clearly likes to talk to people, asks pertinent questions, and knows how to prompt thoughtful answers. He also has a good deal to say himself, so that we are dealing with discussions, not merely interviews.“
Sculpture Magazine, Jan./Feb. 2008 | Read the whole review

What people have said about the book

“As the title itself suggests, this book is a reminder of how much art has changed in the past few decades. Contemporary art exists in more places than it ever did previously. It references more cultures. It tackles a wider variety of issues. Yet artists continue to communicate, not only with us, but also with each other. These ‘dialogues’ allow us to listen in.”
Edward Lucie-Smith

“John Grande's Dialogues in Diversity provides proof that art results from the interaction of cultural context and the artist's inner necessity—rather than from the commercial necessities of the centralized art markets. The artists' voices presented here are diverse in means and intentions, in geography and reputation; what they have in common is an engagement with both local concerns and global realities, with the process of making art and the possibilities for art in the contemporary world. ”
Glenn Harper, The Editor, Sculpture Magazine

“John Grande encourages us to rethink what it means to be an artist in a time of global eco-crisis.”
Suzi Gablik, author of The Reenchantment of Art

“A call to reawaken creativity in this time of alienation by demonstrating in lively ways that culture is part of nature.”
Antony Gormley