Phenomenal : California light, space, surface /
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 direct...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley : San Diego :
University of California Press ; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego,
[2011].
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| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Catalog of an exhibition of the same name held September 25, 2011-January 22, 2012 at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla and San Diego. |
| Physical Description: | 239 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-226) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520270602 0520270606 |