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Bill Viola
John G. Hanhardt
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Description for Bill Viola
Hardcover. Bill Viola began producing video works in the early 1970s, and since then has captivated audiences with his poignant and beautifully wrought interpretations of human experience. He is considered among the most celebrated proponents of the medium of video art. This book gives an account of one of contemporary art's most powerful creative minds. Num Pages: 296 pages, 400 illustrations, 250 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKV; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 272 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2166.
Bill Viola began producing video works in the early 1970s, and since then has captivated audiences with his poignant and beautifully wrought interpretations of human experience. He is today considered among the most celebrated proponents of the medium of video art. This is the first monograph to chart Viola's career in full, covering his education in New York, his earliest major films of mirages in the Sahara desert and of hospital medical imagery, his retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York 1997 and his recent installations in Venice, New York, Tokyo, London and Berlin. Hanhardt outlines ... Read more
Bill Viola began producing video works in the early 1970s, and since then has captivated audiences with his poignant and beautifully wrought interpretations of human experience. He is today considered among the most celebrated proponents of the medium of video art. This is the first monograph to chart Viola's career in full, covering his education in New York, his earliest major films of mirages in the Sahara desert and of hospital medical imagery, his retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York 1997 and his recent installations in Venice, New York, Tokyo, London and Berlin. Hanhardt outlines ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
2159g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500093924
SKU
V9780500093924
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About John G. Hanhardt
John Hanhardt is a Consulting Senior Curator for Film and Media Arts at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC. Kira Perov is Bill Viola's wife, studio manager and muse.
Reviews for Bill Viola
'This book, the first complete monograph, richly and dramatically illustrated, does him proud' - Mature Times 'Highly readable and fascinating ... there is no question that this is an important publication that is not only long overdue but also deeply insightful and thoroughly comprehensive' - Cellophaneland 'One of the most exhaustive books about Viola ever published ... unravels the artist's ... Read more