Description: The Art of Light + Space. Jan Butterfield. Hardcover with dust jacket. Abbeville Press. First edition 1993. 272 pages. 11.5" x 9". ISBN 1558592725. Very good++. The binding is square and tight. The pages are clean, no markings, no creasing or tears. The boards are clean, no wear. The dust jacket is clean, minimal wear, perhaps only real issue is approx 0.5 cm tear on front lower center of dust jacket. Free domestic shipping USPS Media Mail. Ethereal, evocative, the art of Light and Space pushes the viewer beyond the everyday limits of perception. It takes many different forms and uses many different materials, ranging from natural daylight and scrim to glass, plywood, neon, and fire. It taps into far-ranging ideas and systems of knowledge, including alchemy, Buddhism, aerospace technology, witchcraft, astronomy, physiology, and phenomenology.Written by the foremost authority on the subject and based on more than two decades of research, The Art of Light and Space is the first book to provide an overview of this powerful and increasingly public art form. With rare photographs, extensive artist interviews, and her own insightful observations, Jan Butterfield vividly documents the history of this diverse and sometimes elusive work.Following a useful introduction that succinctly places the art of Light and Space in the larger context of modern art, the book is divided into ten chapters, each focused on one artist: Robert Irwin, James Turrell, Maria Nordman, Douglas Wheeler, Bruce Nauman, Eric Orr, Larry Bell, DeWain Valentine, Susan Kaiser Vogel, and Hap Tivey. Insightful portrait photographs by Jim McHugh open each chapter and capture the quirky individuality of these inexhaustibly creative men and women. The innovative graphic design emphasizes the artists' own words, both in sidebars and in the text, making their voices unusually accessible.The processes of creating the works seen here are as intriguing as the final results, and all are illuminated by the text, the illustrations, and the design of the provocative, invaluable volume. From Publishers WeeklyLight and Space art, a movement that began in Southern California in the late 1960s, uses glass, cast acrylic, phosphorescent materials, floor lights and so forth to evoke the ripple of sunshine on water, the flicker of light through the trees, a splash of moonlight. In this profusely illustrated, entrancing survey, art critic and artists' consultant Butterfield investigates an art that takes shape through the viewer's directed perception. Examples include Robert Irwin's mysterious, luminous spun-aluminum discs, Maria Nordman's geometrically planted trees that redefine public spaces, James Turrell's hovering three-dimensional cube of light and Eric Orr's transmutation of alchemy, Egyptian ruins and kabbalistic lore into "silent, awesome, magical" installations and environmental sculpture. This album showcases a movement that deserves to be better known.From Library JournalLight and Space, a movement originating in California in the 1960s, defined its art by its very experiential existence and usually consisted of ephemeral installations. The task of documenting and critiquing this work, now seen throughout the world, is admirably handled by Butterfield, head of a Santa Monica consulting firm for artists. Using a combination of installation photographs, comments by artists and critics, and language that captures the works' evocative nature without lapsing into meaningless jargon, she focuses on ten key artists and through their work traces the development of Light and Space art from its early, experimental phase to its mature expressions and present acceptance in the form of major public commissions.
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Book Title: The Art of Light + Space
Book Series: Modern Art Movements
Original Language: English
Item Length: 9 in
Vintage: No
Personalize: No
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 11.5 in
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Topic: Art History, Artists, Beauty, Contemporary Art, Cultural History, Fine Arts, LGBT Studies, Modern Art, Paintings, Periods of Art, Photographers, Popular Culture, Sculpture
Item Width: 1 in
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Abbeville
Intended Audience: Adults
Inscribed: No
Edition: First Edition
Publication Year: 1993
Type: Picture Book
Author: Jan Butterfield
Genre: Art & Culture, History, Imagery, LGBT, Photography
Country/Region of Manufacture: Singapore
Item Weight: 40 oz
Number of Pages: 272
