The Art Story: Alan Sonfist
Morgan Falconer (Senior Writer and Editor)
Publication Date: c. 2011

Nature The End of Art
Jonathan Carpenter (Author), Robert Rosenblum (Introduction)
Publication Date: May 15, 2013

Alan Sonfist: Corings 1971 - 2012
Lawrence Alloway (Author)
Publication Date: May 1, 2013

Alan Sonfist, Indoor Out: Environmental Art
Mark Rosenthal (Author), C. Field (Editor), Eleanor Heartney; Mark Rosenthal; (Introduction)
Publication Date: April 22, 2013

Nature: The End Of Art. Environmental Landscapes, Alan Sonfist
Alan Sonfist (Author), Robert Rosenblum (Author)
Publication Date: July 2, 2004

Alan Sonfist History and the Landscape
Alan Sonfist (Author), Eleanor Heartney (Author)
Publication Date: January 1, 1997

Alan Sonfist, 1969-1989: Interview : Robert Rosenblum
Lawrence Alloway (Author)
Publication Date: October 1990

Art in the Land: A Critical Anthology of Environmental Art
Alan Sonfist (Editor), Jeffery Dietch (Author), Elizabeth C. Baker (Author), Mark Rosenthal (Author), Joshua C. Taylor (Author), Johnathan Carpenter (Author), Pierre Restany (Author), Harold Rosenberg (Author), Grace Glueck (Author), Robert Rosenblum (Author), Lawrence Alloway (Author)
Publication Date: November 1, 1983

Alan Sonfist / Trees
Alan Sonfist (Author)
Publication Date: 1978

Alan Sonfist Natural Phenomena as Public Monuments
Alan Sonfist (Author)
Publication Date: 1978

Autobiography of Alan Sonfist
Alan Sonfist (Author)
Publication Date: 1975

Selected Critical Excerpts
"Once upon a time it was a function of art to mirror nature but in the new ecological era, art is more likely to be nature." Grace Glueck. New York Times

"To complete the Time Landscape on the La Guardia Place site, Sonfist had to weave his way through community groups, local politicians, real estate interests, several arms of city government, art patrons, and their lawyers." Jeffrey Deitch, The New Economics of Environmental Art

"His art exposes the dichotomy of art-life as the myth that it has always been, and we are finally made to realize that his main concern, that of time, is in fact only a thin veil between the hemispheres of one single, experiential world." Ronald J. Onorato, ARTFORUM

"The Earth itself has become a part of the artist's imaginative calculations. On the other hand ... Alan Sonfist... has reacte to a cosmic consciousness by returning to specific nature in its smallest detail." Joshua C. Taylor, A Land for Landscapes, Smithsonian Institute

" ...Sonfist cultivates a garden...and symbolizes the ecological servant of nature." Mark Rosenthal, Some Attitudes of Earth Art

"The impetus behind Sonfist's art is an acute fascination with living things and their processes of survival." Michael Auping, Earth Art: A Study in Ecological Politics

"Sonfist, providing the least to see, has the most to impart. His artworks relate to real time, as a process of the growth cyc and as a subject in the alignment with nature. Neither a horticulturist nor a social reformer, Sonfist, nonetheless, aims, in th midst of bustling urban environments, to alert perceptions to the slow and sure rhythms of nature. His sensibilities and con cerns are precisely those that moved our 19th-century Hudson River School artists to paint vistas of yet-unspoiled nature." Helen Kohen, Miami Herald

Few artists have had such an unswerving, or generative, interest in the landscape (physical, social, historical) that surrounc us. Alan Sonfist is that rare species of artist - not just a pioneer in a particular form or approach, but a real trailblazer whoa ideas have remained consistent, and consistently interesting, over the course of an entire career. No history of post-war ar would be complete without an acknowledgment of his achievement." Jeffrey Kastner, Cabinet Magazine

"After making art of quiet distinction for over 30 years, Alan Sonfist suddenly finds himself close to the spotlight. His concern for the fragility of nature, rather than for its sublimeness or monumentality, makes him a forerunner of the new ecological sensibility." Michael Brenson, New York Times

"At the time when more and more gardeners are recognizing the value of using native plants, pioneer landscape artist Alan Sonfist draws upon such plants in the context of the area's natural history. He tells the stories of cultures and natural habi¬tats. And awakens our responsibilities to the conservation of our environment." C.S. Johnson, Horticulture Magazine

"To review the environmental sculptures of Alan Sonfist since the 1960's is to witness the reemergence of a socially aware artist. The sculptures reassert the historic role of the artist as an active innovator of ideas within society."
Jonathan Carpenter, Public Sculptures

"Alan Sonfist's Earthwall is a public monument of a new kind. It takes its form and meaning from direct reference to the site." Carter Ratcliff, Art in America

"The concept of a year-round natural microcosmic forest which would contain plants and trees indigenous to pre-colonial New York is fresh and intriguing and is desperately needed for our city." Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City

"Sonfist is the premier landscaper of urban forest restoration bringing us a unique view of what is below our concrete existence. He's been in the vanguard of those profoundly devoted to the understanding, protection and preservation of our natural surroundings." Stephen Prokopoff, Director, Museum of Art, Iowa

"Sonfist himself is a pioneer. Today, reforestation is an urgent issue worldwide, but back in the mid-1970s he was creating landscape sculptures of endangered species of trees. Native seeds, a trend now among gardeners and landscapers, have been planted in his projects since the mid- 1960s. His working ground is particularly compelling for Americans. His is an uncompromising, tough-to-classify art, part sculpture, part landscape design, which plays on the forces of nature and time." Michael McDonough, Metropolitan Home