Viewer: Gary Hill's Projective Installations (Number 3)

Hill, Gary; Quasha, George; Stein, Charles

ISBN 10: 1886449503 / ISBN 13: 9781886449503

Published by Station Hill Arts, 1997

About this Item

Unmarked text. Illustrated. 96p. Measures 6x7 inches. Published in association with the Barbara Gladstone Gallery. Gary Hill (b. 1951) is an American artist and one of the foundational artists in video art.

Seller Inventory # 35702

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Viewer: Gary Hill's Projective Installations (Number 3)
• Publisher: Station Hill Arts
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1886449503
• ISBN 13: 9781886449503
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 6 ounces
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Synopsis

Haunting and strangely provocative new installations by artist Gary Hill, celebrated worldwide in major museums and galleries, are introduced through a highly readable essay by two of the artist's long-time poet/artist collaborators. In a sort of lineup, seventeen day-workers, full-size, stare at you from the wall, eerily present by the magic of video-projection (Viewer). A solitary Native American stares you in the eyes, while he stares at himself from an adjacent wall-then the projections switch position: the watcher becomes the watched and the watched becomes the watcher (Standing Apart). This third in an ongoing series of the Quasha & Stein dialogue on Gary Hill is beautifully illustrated in full color to give a living sense of the actual installations.

About the Author

George Quasha is the co-founder of Barrytown/Station Hill Press. He is a poet and artist who works across mediums to explore principles in common within language, sculpture, drawing, video, sound, installation, and performance. His awards include a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in poetry (1975), and a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in video art (2006).

Stein is author of thirteen books including a translation of The Odyssey; a vision of the Eleusinian Mysteries, Persephone Unveiled; a study of poet Charles Olson, The Secret of the Black Chrysanthemum; and a study of Gary Hill, The Art of Limina. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut and lives in Barrytown, New York. For more, www.charlessteinpoet.com.