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Larry Bell

Title
Larry Bell / essay by Robin Clark ; interview by Cliff Lauson.
Author
Bell, Larry, 1939-
Publication
New York : Rizzoli Electa, 2018.

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  • Clark, Robin (Robin Lee)
  • Lauson, Cliff
Description
224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm
Summary
Creatively presented in two distinct halves that reflect his dual interest in two- and three-dimensional forms - the first collecting his works on paper, printed on a heavily textured uncoated stock, and the second collecting his glass and metal sculptures, printed in a high-gloss finish - the book itself aims to reflect Bell's close attention to materials. In each medium, Bell's work reflects a lifelong enthusiasm for the physical properties of light and the materials it hits, and an equally tangible passion for playing with those properties with an almost childlike reverence and a spontaneity that belies or even defies his understanding of every process. From his earliest monochrome paintings in the 1950s to the glass cubes and standing glass-panel sculptures of the 1960s and 1970s, to his experimentation with vapor drawings in the 1980s and his most recent mirage works and light knot sculptures, Bell's career reads as one long and beautiful experiment in the properties of light on surface, and the relationship of surface to space. With an essay by Robin Clark and an interview conducted by Cliff Lauson and drawing on rarely published writings by the artist himself this is the definitive survey of Larry Bell's career.
Subject
  • Bell, Larry, 1939- > Catalogs
  • Bell, Larry, 1939- > Criticism and interpretation
  • Glass artists > United States > 20th century > Catalogs
  • Glass artists > United States > 21st century > Catalogs
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-223).
Contents
Vitreous and vitruvian: Larry Bell's architectonics / Robin Clark -- Early paintings & constructions -- Cubes -- Standing walls -- Corner lamps & shelf works -- Architectural interventions -- Works on paper & collages on canvas -- Large-scale glass works -- In search of a feeling : Larry Bell in conversation with Cliff Lauson -- Artist biography -- Selected exhibitions -- Selected bibliography -- Selected Public collections.
ISBN
  • 9780847863402
  • 0847863409
OCLC
  • on1039994927
  • SCSB-9187283
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library