Creative Time: The Book: 33 Years of Public Art in New York

Amazon.com Price: $12.42 (as of 06/12/2019 07:19 PST- Details)

Description

New York City is the undisputed center of the North American art world, and its public art is likely one of the most evident signs of its cultural wealth. For more than 30 years, Creative Time has been an avatar of public art in the city, working to engage art and the environment, artists and the public. Creative Time: The Book shows how a single organization made it imaginable for thousands of artists to present awe-inspiring works that engage, taunt, seduce, enliven, and develop into a city. Creative Time works of art have been seen in spaces both lofty and modest. Light projections have appeared on the Beaux-Arts entrance to the New York Public Library and from Ground Zero in the now famous Tribute in Light Memorial to 9/11. Signage has popped up on Times Square’s Astrovision screen and along the boardwalks of Coney Island. Music has blasted in Central Park in addition to under tunnels in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Creative Time’s community includes among the world’s most dynamic, emerging, and established artists, among them Vito Acconci, Doug Aitken, Laurie Anderson, Diller + Scofidio, David Byrne, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Cai Guo-Qiang, Jenny Holzer, Ryan McGinness, Vik Muniz, Takashi Murakami, Shirin Neshat, Sonic Youth, and William Wegman.

In more than 300 images from the hilarious to the elegiac this dazzling volume highlights the best and most innovative work from the organization’s 33 years. Contributors to the volume are a number of the most important voices in the field of public art. Their observation collectively shapes this will have to-have book for anyone interested in recent art or in the unapologetically diverse heartbeat of New York. In keeping with Creative Time’s innovative spirit, the book itself is the result of a public art installation. Each cover is unique: a tip-on displays the colors, sound, and weather in New York recorded over a two-week period.

Home » Shop » Books » Subjects » Arts and Photography » History and Criticism » History » Historical Study and Educational Resources » Study and Teaching » Creative Time: The Book: 33 Years of Public Art in New York

Recent Products