Light Field

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The Art of Bruce Munro

Fiona Gruber

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Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
01 November 2023

Art & design styles: from c 1960; Installation art; Individual artists, art monographs

From a career in commercial lighting design, Bruce Munro (b.1959) returned to his artistic roots to create large immersive site-specific light installations. Exploring Munro’s fascinating career to date, this book presents an artist whose work is an exploration of place, topography and the environments in which the works are set. From the Australian desert to Californian vineyards, through to museums and manor houses in his native England, Munro’s spellbinding installations are immersive experiences that engage with the senses, their apparent simplicity belying the thematic and technological complexity behind their conception and realisation.

Munro continually probes the possibilities of light and the considerable emotional pull the medium can create. His enthusiasm for his materials and their relationship with audiences and environments are intelligently and engagingly communicated here. Richly illustrated with beautiful reproductions of Munro's spectacular work, Light Field is essential reading for anyone interested in the power of light as an artform.

By: Fiona Gruber
Imprint: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 270mm, Width: 249mm, Spine: 17mm
ISBN: 9781848226456
ISBN 10: 1848226454
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 01 November 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Fiona Gruber an arts journalist, essayist, broadcaster and radio documentary maker. She has written on the arts for major Australian and UK newspapers and art journals including the Australian, Art World Australia, The Guardian and the Times Literary Supplement. Her work for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Radio National includes a ten part series, 'Australian Portraits'.

Reviews for Light Field: The Art of Bruce Munro

'Colour exists only in our minds; Bruce's genius lies in his secret knowledge of the spiritual energy of photons. His work doesn't just light up the world, it illuminates our souls.' - Kevin McCloud, Designer, writer and presenter of Channel 4's Grand Designs 'Given that light is his medium, it is perhaps fitting that an abiding quality of Bruce Munro's work is its 'lightness'. It is not always easy for artists to remain playful and experimental, as their work grows in ambition and scale. Among the many things to admire Bruce and his work for is that he has managed to do so.' - Alexander Sturgis