Synopsis
Light art is a field in contemporary art that uses artificial light as its primary expressive tool. This volume examines how investigation into the chromatic values of light has been carried out throughout the history of art from its very beginning until its most recent developments. The book features an interview with James Turrell, the American artist unanimously considered the greatest master of light art. The second section is devoted to the Targetti Light Art Collection, one of the world's most prestigious collections of artificial light. The images and descriptions of each work are accompanied by critical texts on the artists. The book includes works by artists such as Olafur Eliasson, Gilberto Zorio, Anne and Patrick Poirier, Fabrizio Plessi and Hidetoshi Nagasawa, as well as emerging talents.
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Amnon Barzel is a curator based in Rome, and is founding director of the Pecci Museum of Contemporary Art, Prato, and former director of the Jewish Museum, Berlin.
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Condition: NUOVO. Milano, Skira cm.24,5x28,5, pp.272, num.figg.a col.nt. legatura ed. Il volume è dedicato alla Light Art, la corrente dell'arte contemporanea che utilizza la luce artificiale come strumento espressivo primario. Nella prima sezione un saggio introduttivo di Amnon Barzel evidenzia come uno studio praticamente ininterrotto sulle valenze cromatiche della luce abbia accompagnato la storia dell'arte dalla sua nascita fino agli sviluppi più recenti. Seguono un testo di Paolo Targetti sul ruolo fondamentale che il rapporto tra arte e industria gioca nell'ambito dell'arte contemporanea e un'intervista di Consuelo de Gara a James Turrell. La seconda sezione è invece dedicata alla Targetti Light Art Collection, una delle più prestigiose collezioni al mondo dedicate alla luce artificiale. Light art is a current in contemporary art that uses artificial light as its primary expressive tool. This volume examines how investigation into the chromatic values of light has been carried out throughout the history of art from the very beginning up until the most recent developments, recalling milestones such as Caravaggio and George de La Tour for internal light and the impressionist movement for external light, thus underlining how the invention of artificial light enriched the relationship between art and light in a new and fascinating chapter that was opened in the fifties by the experiments of artists such as Lucio Fontana, Dan Flavin and Mario Merz. Text in english and italian. Ediz. italiana e inglese. Seller Inventory # 25855
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