[PDF] Drawn Along The Shores 1959 1976 eBook

Author : Jodi Hauptman
Publisher : The Museum of Modern Art
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 27,17 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780870706646

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Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Mar. 30-Aug. 29, 2005.

Author : Michael Govan
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 15,4 MB
Release : 2004-09-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300106327

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Light, considered the purest embodiment of the divine, is the basis of all art to one degree or another, so why not make art out of light? Dan Flavin (1933-96), an innovative and prolific American sculptor who can be considered an abstract, minimalist, and installation artist, chose as his medium commercial fluorescent tubes, and with these everyday lights created works of radiant and evocative beauty. Flavin had many major shows and created a number of permanent public installations; now his work is being celebrated in a magnificent retrospective exhibition that will travel across the country. This handsomely produced volume by Govan, director of the Dia Art Foundation, and Bell, who worked with Flavin, presents exquisite photographs of Flavin's seminal light compositions and expert biographical and critical assessments. Citing Byzantine icons, William Ockham, and Barnett Newman as influences, Flavin created ravishingly beautiful colors and profoundly nuanced constructions with seemingly banal industrial materials, transforming ordinary spaces into places of wonder. For a definitive catalog see Dan Flavin: The Complete Lights, 1961-1996

Author : Isabelle Dervaux
Publisher : Hodder Christian Books
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 34,90 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Artists' preparatory studies
ISBN :

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Minimalist artist Dan Flavin (1933-96) is best known for his brightly colored fluorescent light installations, which have captivated art lovers for decades. But he was also an accomplished draftsman, and this is the first book to fully explore the central role that drawing played in Flavin's art. Not only did Flavin produce numerous sketches for each of his light installations, he also regularly drew outdoors, primarily riverscapes and beach scenes. A number of those drawings are included in this volume, as are a group of remarkable pastels of sails, a subject he turned to when he was in his fifties. This book also draws on Flavin's journals, in which he wrote about his passion for drawing, which he called "an intensely concentrated personal form of artistic relief." Yet despite the importance of drawing in Flavin's life, his drawings are little known, in part because he almost never sold--or even gave away--his drawings. Most of the works reproduced here were never shown publicly and are being published here for the first time. Offering a surprising new angle on a major artist, Dan Flavin: Drawing will surprise--and delight--his many fans.

Author : Wybe Kuitert
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 13,63 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780824823122

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"Revised and updated, Themes in the History of Japanese Garden Art presents new interpretations of the evolution of Japanese garden art. Its depth and much-needed emphasis on a practical context for garden creation will appeal to art and literary historians as well as scholars, students, and appreciators of garden and landscape art, Asian and Western."--BOOK JACKET.