'What Is It That Will Last? Land and Tidal Art of Julie Brook' will be published on 3 April 2023.

Julie Brook was one of three artists shortlisted for the Daiwa Foundation Art Prize 2015.

She makes large scale sculptural work outside using different materials using photography and film as part of the process of working.

The book,

What Is It That Will Last? Land and Tidal Art of Julie Brook will be published on 3 April 2023.

It is the first substantial publication to explore the work of Julie Brook, and its publication coincides with a major solo show (20 May to 30 December 2023) at Abbot Hall to mark its re-opening after major re-development.

The book is by Julie Brook, Simon Groom, Alexandra Harris, Raku Jikinyū and Robert Macfarlane.

It “offers a rich and expansive visual record of Julie Brook’s artistic practice, and proposes a unique collaboration between Brook and distinct voices from the nature writing and craftsmanship traditions.

Situating Brook’s practice in the context of critical reflections by Robert Macfarlane, Alexandra Harris and Raku Jikinyū, the publication presents a striking visual narrative of Brook’s landscape and tidal sculptural work, and a sense of its timeless yet contemporary resonance.

Documenting in depth a number of recent works made in the Hebrides, Japan and Namibia, their shared attention to the elements and their key pre-occupations of the fleeting, mobile forces of light, time, and gravity demonstrate Brook’s coherent vision within vastly contrasting environments. Throughout her oeuvre, the balance between what Brook makes in relation to the environment and materials themselves is paramount.

Including film stills, photography and drawing, which are all integral languages for conceptualising and communicating the work, plus insightful extracts from Brook’s notebooks, this beautiful publication succeeds in providing the reader with a unique understanding of the artist’s ‘monuments to the moment’.”