Research Catalog

Title

Doug Wheeler / Germano Celant.

Author

Celant, Germano

Publication

• New York : David Zwirner Books, [2019]
• ©2019

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Additional Authors

• Celant, Germano, 1940-2020.
• Wheeler, Doug, 1939-
• David Zwirner (Gallery), publisher

Description

351 pages : illustrations; 32 cm

Summary

• Known for his immersive environmental spaces and his experiments with light, 'Doug Wheeler' (born 1939) helped pioneer both the material and conceptual approach behind the 'Light and Space' movement. This monograph, the first book dedicated to Wheeler, includes extensive archival imagery from early on in the artist's career, along with plates from his recent shows and projects. Structured around an essay by renowned Italian art historian Germano Celant, 'Doug Wheeler' presents the first definitive history of the artist's life and practice. The volume is interspersed with numerous excerpts from interviews conducted with Wheeler's peers that situate him alongside the artists of his time, shedding light on his influence on the development of West Coast art. With its vibrant imagery and ambitious critical approach, 'Doug Wheeler' is a crucial historical document on an artist whose significance only increases with time.
• "Over five decades, Doug Wheeler has pioneered the art of light and space. His work powerfully explores the way we perceive "empty" space--the way light can affect our perception and make emptiness feel full and dense. From his early experiences flying across the desert with his father, a doctor in Globe, Arizona, Wheeler developed a passion for the intensity and stillness of vast expanses, seeing in them a whole new set of possibilities for visual art. Although Wheeler began his career as a painter, his wall-mounted artworks soon began incorporating light as a medium and quickly gave way to an unprecedented art-historical breakthrough: his construction of an absolute light environment, crafted in his studio in 1967. Since that unparalleled moment, Wheeler's work has been exhibited widely all over the world; in the past decade, with numerous major gallery and museum installations, his reputation as the definitive light and space artist has been solidified. This volume, featuring new scholarship by renowned art historian Germano Celant, traces the entire course of Wheeler's career to date, from his first mature paintings to his immersive installations. Writing on Wheeler's intense and direct engagement with the absoluteness in the optical fields he creates, Celant provides a detailed account for Wheeler's development as one of the most original and influential artists of his generation. Wheeler's work not only changes how we encounter reality after we see it, but also how we envision what is possible more broadly in visual art." -- Publisher's description

Subject

• Wheeler, Doug, 1939- > Criticism and interpretation
• Wheeler, Doug, 1939-
• 1900-2099
• Conceptual art > Catalogs
• Art, Modern > 20th century > Catalogs
• Art, Modern > 21st century > Catalogs
• Art, Modern
• Conceptual art

Genre/Form

• Catalogs.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JQG 20-445

ISBN

• 9781941701249
• 1941701248

OCLC

945950786

Author

Celant, Germano, author.

Title

Doug Wheeler / Germano Celant.

Publisher

New York : David Zwirner Books, [2019]

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1900-2099

Added Author

Celant, Germano, 1940-2020.

Wheeler, Doug, 1939- Works. Selections.

David Zwirner (Gallery), publisher.

Research Call Number

JQG 20-445