Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees

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By Lawrence Weschler

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Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees explores the life and work of Los Angeles artist Robert Irwin through decades of conversations with Lawrence Weschler. Originally published in 1982 and now expanded with new chapters and colour plates, the book delves into Irwin's pioneering site-specific projects, including the Central Gardens at the Getty Museum and the transformation of an old Hudson Valley factory into Dia's Beacon campus.
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Ideal for readers interested in contemporary art, artist biographies, and site-specific installations, as well as those fascinated by artistic processes and museum projects.

Chronicles three decades of conversation between Lawrence Weschler and light and space master Robert Irwin. This book surveys many of Irwin's site-conditioned projects - in particular the Central Gardens at the Getty Museum and the design that transformed an abandoned Hudson Valley factory into Dia's new Beacon campus.

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When this book first appeared in 1982, it introduced readers to Robert Irwin, the Los Angeles artist "who one day got hooked on his own curiosity and decided to live it." Now expanded to include six additional chapters and twenty-four pages of colour plates, Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees chronicles three decades of conversation between Lawrence Weschler and light and space master Irwin.

It surveys many of Irwin's site-conditioned projects—in particular the Central Gardens at the Getty Museum (the subject of an epic battle with the site's principal architect, Richard Meier) and the design that transformed an abandoned Hudson Valley factory into Dia's new Beacon campus—enhancing what many had already considered the best book ever on an artist.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Robert L. Pincus of the San Diego Union-Tribune calls it "a magnetic (now expanded) biography." Eugenia Bell of Frieze praises it as "not just the best biography of an artist out there but also one of the best books on contemporary art-making."

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780520256095

Publisher: University of California Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 February 2009

Country: United States

Imprint: University of California Press

Illustration: 51 color and 36 b-w photographs

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 680g

Pages: 336

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Arts & Culture Lawrence Weschler Non-Fiction

About the Author

Lawrence Weschler's many books include Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder, Vermeer in Bosnia, and Everything That Rises: A Book of Convergences, which won the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism.