William Leavitt: Installations, Plays, Video, 1970–2018 - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3037645962 ISBN 13 : 9783037645963

Editeur : JRP Editions, 2022

Synopsis

A compact introduction to the LA conceptualist's deadpan explorations of the American popular imaginary

Part of the same milieu as Allen Ruppersberg, Guy de Cointet and Bas Jan Ader (with whom he edited the magazine Landslide in 1969-70), William Leavitt (born 1941) is a decisive figure of the Los Angeles art scene. Through his installations and videos, drawings and paintings, play and sound performances, Leavitt reexamines the production of the Western imaginary as imposed by the "Hollywood factory." Also at play in his exploration of "the theater of the ordinary" is the coexistence of nature and artifice, exemplified by such landmark works as Forest Sound (1970) and California Patio (1972).
This publication offers a retrospective overview of Leavitt's art from the early 1970s to his most recent works and installations. It highlights thematic resonances ranging from science-fiction to the notion of décor, and gives a prominent place to his writings and scripts for plays and videos.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: JRP Editions
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3037645962
• ISBN 13: 9783037645963
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 56
• Éditeur: Bovier Lionel, Leavitt William
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible