Phenomenal

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ISBN: 9780520270602

California Light, Space, Surface

Robin Clark, Hugh M. Davies

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English

University of California Press
07 November 2011

Art & design styles: from c 1960; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections

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

Foreword by: Hugh M. Davies
Edited by: Robin Clark
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 229mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 907g
ISBN: 9780520270602
ISBN 10: 0520270606
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 07 November 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface

"""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"