Phenomenal
California Light, Space, Surface
$55.99
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
7 November 2011
Summary
During the 1960s and 1970s, a loosely affiliated group of Los Angeles artists–including Larry Bell, Mary Corse, Robert Irwin, James Turrell, and Doug Wheeler–more intrigued by questions of perception than by the crafting of discrete objects, embraced light as their primary medium. Whether by directing the flow of natural light, embedding artificial light within objects or architecture, or playing with light through the use of reflective, translucent, or transparent materials, each of these artists created situations capable of stimulating heightened sensory awareness in the receptive viewer. Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface, companion book to the exhibition of the same name, explores and documents the unique traits of the phenomenologically engaged work produced in Southern California during those decades and traces its ongoing influence on current generations of international artists.
Foreword by Hugh M. Davies
Additional contributors: Michael Auping, Stephanie Hanor, Adrian Kohn, Dawna Schuld
Artists: Peter Alexander, Larry Bell, Ron Cooper, Mary Corse, Robert Irwin, Craig Kauffman, John McCracken, Bruce Nauman, Eric Orr, Helen Pashgian, James Turrell, De Wain Valentine, Doug Wheeler
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780520270602 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0520270606 |
| Author: | Robin Clark, Hugh M. Davies |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 7 November 2011 |
| Weight: | 907g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 229mm x 241mm |
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Critics Review
“Of the many superb books related to ‘Pacific Standard Time,’ Phenomenal is among the most elegant.”– Art In America
“Of the many superb books related to ‘Pacific Standard Time,’ Phenomenal is among the most elegant.” Art In America “Beautifully illustrated and impressively researched… Represents an important contribution to the deepening of scholarship on this still poorly understood yet fundamental dimension of postwar Los Angeles art.” Choice “Impressive… Notable for including many large-scale, immersive works that are rarely shown to the public.” Southern California Quarterly
Robin Clark
Robin Clark is Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Hugh M. Davies is Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
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