Featuring indepth analysis of many previously unknown works and correspondence, this book. At the lightning field nonfiction by laura raicovich. I made my way by subway and on foot to 141 wooster street in soho. It consists of 400 stainless steel poles with solid, pointed tips, arranged in a rectangular 1 mile. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. My night in the lightning field amtrak the national. The lightning field quemado, new mexico atlas obscura. It is comprised of 400 polished stainless steel poles installed in a grid array measuring one mile by one kilometer.
By the time i was old enough to visit the 1,500 foot rock, earth and salt crystal coil, it had long been submerged by the waters of the great. During the spring and summer months, visitors from across the globe come to rural new mexico to experience the isolate wonder. It was called the lightning field, and its creator, the new york sculptor and. The lightning field is an installation located in westcentral new mexico. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. It consists of 400 stainless steel poles with solid. He is known worldwide for his important sculptures such as lightning field, but his contributions to the practices of music, drawing, photography, and film have been largely forgotten. Jul 11, 2012 dyer also visited another 70s land art masterpiece for the same article. From at the lightning field chaos and coincidences of history edward. Seeing the light that does not illuminate four james turrell, skyspaces. The lightning field presents neverbeforeseen photographs of this land art masterpiece and its surrounding landscape in western new mexico. The lightning field new mexicos most amazing secret land art. My interest in land art began in childhood, when i first saw photos of robert smithsons spiral jetty, then newly built, in a magazine. We did not have any lightening, but enjoyed exploring the lightening field, watching the sun set and rise, and staring at the few billion stars overhead.
The lightning field quemado 2020 all you need to know. At the lightning field by laura raicovich overdrive. Forty years ago, the artist installed 400 stainless steel poles, each about 20 feet high, on a desert plateau in western new mexico. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
This page was last edited on 17 february 2019, at 14. Completed in 1977, the work encompasses a 1 mile by. Januarymarch fridaymonday, 11 am4 pm apriloctober thursdaymonday, 11 am6 pm novemberdecember. Hanjo berressem university of alberta, march 7, 2016 in his book cinema 1. The lightning field presents neverbeforeseen photographs of this land art masterpiece and its surrounding western new mexico landscape. It was commissioned by dia art foundation, which also maintains the work. The lightning field, an ideal coffeetable book to gift art or nature lovers. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Dia art this installment features 400 steel poles that arranged throughout a field in a secret area of a new mexico high desert. Given that the area was noted for its high incidence of electrical storms, this massive work literally coopted natures forces to produce.
Like spiral jetty, the work is administered by the dia art foundation, whose instructions to potential visitors who must reserve well in advance include the following. Then, in november, the foundation will release the first book of photography centered on the lightning field. The rustic, remote, and comfortable digs served as a center for a wonderful retreat from our busy world. The first earthwork i ever encountered was, ironically, in the heart of new york. The first earthwork i ever encountered was, ironically, in the heart of new york city. Featuring indepth analysis of many previously unknown works and correspondence, this book offers. Over the course of several visits, it becomes, for raicovich, a site for confounding and revealing perceptions of time, space, duration, and light.
Situated in a remote area of desert in southwestern new. He was also at the forefront of the 20th centurys land art, conceptual art, and installation art. The cloud that does not part when we see the light three james turrell, works with light. S00653 tracing the course of a typical 24hour visit to the site, the selection of images shows, for the first time, the rich complexity of site and land.
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