Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees
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Miakarts Books
Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees
$32.10
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$32.10
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$42.77
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First published in 1982, this book follows Robert Irwin — the Los Angeles artist who, as Lawrence Weschler puts it, got hooked on his own curiosity and decided to live it. An expanded edition now includes six additional chapters and twenty-four pages of color plates, extending the conversation between Weschler and Irwin across three decades of work.
The book surveys many of Irwin's site-conditioned projects, including the Central Garden at the Getty Museum — the subject of a prolonged battle with architect Richard Meier — and the transformation of an abandoned Hudson Valley factory into Dia Beacon. Widely considered one of the finest books ever written about an artist.
By Lawrence Weschler.
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