A definitive resource on California's Light and Space and Finish
Fetish movements of the 1960s and '70s
This volume explores the art of Light and Space and related "finish
fetish" pieces with highly polished surfaces. In the 1960s and 1970s,
various artists in Southern California began to create works that
investigate perceptual phenomena: how we come to understand form,
volume, presence and absence through light, whether seen directly
through other materials, reflected, or refracted. Many artists used
newly developed industrial materials--including sheet acrylic,
fiberglass and polyester resin--in their work. Light, Space, Surface
draws on the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's deep holdings of this
material, revealing the vibrancy and diversity of this slice of American
art history.
Artists include: Peter Alexander, Larry Bell, Billy Al Bengston,
Judy Chicago, Gisela Colón, Ron Cooper, Mary Corse, Ronald Davis, Guy
Dill, Laddie John Dill, Fred Eversley, Robert Irwin, Craig Kauffman,
John McCracken, Bruce Nauman, Helen Pashgian, Roland Reiss, Roy
Thurston, James Turrell, De Wain Valentine, Doug Wheeler and Norman
Zammitt.