Pacific Light

Dunitz, Jay

ISBN 10: 094183123X / ISBN 13: 9780941831239

Published by Beyond Words Publishing Company, Hillsboro, Or, 1989

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Flat signed by tJay Dunitz, In excellent condition, No writing or highlighting, book is crisp and clean. inquire for photos or more details. 100% satisfaction guarantee. Shipped with care. --- A folio-format monograph gathering the Pacific Light series by Jay Dunitz, reproduced in fifty-two colour photographic plates. The works photographed are Cibachrome images of Dunitz's mixed-media pieces, in which sheets of reactive metal are worked with a brush wired to a power supply and an electrolyte solution; variations in voltage shift the layers of oxidation and their colour, while a grinder or wire brush is used to etch grooves into the surface. The final image is achieved through the photography itself, with as many as thirty lights used to illuminate a single piece. The volume carries an introduction by Peter Clothier and an afterword by Ellen Handy, edited by Peter Levitt and designed by Sheila Levrant de Bretteville. Supplementary matter includes artist's notes, a list of plates, and a brief biography and bibliography. Issued in an edition limited to five thousand copies.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pacific Light
• Publisher: Beyond Words Publishing Company, Hillsboro, Or
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 094183123X
• ISBN 13: 9780941831239
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 18W x 18H x 18D inches 18 inches width by 18 inches height by 18 inches depth
• Weight: 7.2 pounds
• Signed: Signed by Author

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Synopsis

From Wired, Nov 1994: Picture Dunitz...holding a paintbrush wired into a nearby power supply. Dipping this brush into an electrolyte mixture, he then attacks the surface of sheets of reactive metals. Electricity flows through the brush to the metal: by changing the voltage, he manipulates the layers of oxidation and, in turn, the colors...Intermittently, he etches grooves and scratches into the surface with a grinder or wire brush. But it's...the photography, that gives his work its shadows, turbulence, and dreamlike mystery. Using as many as 30 lights to illuminate one evocative image, Dunitz takes weeks to explore the pieces. 104 pages; 52 color photographic plates; 16.5 x 13.5 inches. Includes brief biography and bibliography; artist's notes; list of plates. Edition limited to 5000 copies.