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Odyssey: Light Colour Time
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This book is ideal for enthusiasts of contemporary art, particularly those fascinated by light as a medium. It suits readers interested in the interplay between art, theatre, and dance, as well as scholars and practitioners in the fields of art history and design.
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Steven Scott (b. 1955 London) is a Copenhagen-based artist whose work revolves around the rich complexities of light.
The main essay is penned by the art and design historian Lisa Hockemeyer. This volume takes one on a journey through Steven Scott's light artworks and installations of the past forty years, covering his development in the London/NYC Avant Garde theatre and dance scene of the late seventies and into the 1980s.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9783777439587
Publisher: Hirmer Verlag
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 28 April 2022
Country: Germany
Imprint: Hirmer Verlag
Illustration: 350 Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 272.0mm
Height: 320.0mm
Weight: 2280g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Lisa Hockemeyer is an author, curator, art and design historian based at Milans Polytechnic and research fellow at Kingston University, London.
The late Ole Nørlyng was an author, art and music historian based in Copenhagen.
Søren Risager-Hansen is the director of the Norwegian Pension Fund KLP in Copenhagen and is educated as an Architect from the Danish Academy of Architecture.
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