From Lucid Stead: Prints and Works by Phillip K. Smith III

Synopsis

From March 18 through September 13, 2019, Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences presented the exhibition From Lucid Stead: Prints and Works by Phillip K. Smith III. This catalog documents the exhibition which featured photographs (Focused Views), prints (Chromatic Variants), and a sculpture (Lucid Stead Elements) by California-based light artist Phillip K. Smith, III. Shown in this exhibition for the first time together, the works are inspired by Lucid Stead, Smith?s 2013 installation in Joshua Tree, California, where he transformed an existing homesteader shack into a mirrored structure that, by day, reflected the desert surroundings and, by night, shifted into a color changing projected light installation. Smith creates large-scale temporary installations drawing on concepts of space, form, light, shadow, environment, and change. His practice is informed by his architecture training at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence. Producing extraordinary and communal encounters via installations that explore the transitory nature of light, Smith fosters inexpressibly human, immaterial, and unifying experiences that elude language and defy form, but can be undeniably felt. Through his pacing of color, reflection, and use of the environment as material, Smith encourages us to slow down and observe our surroundings in new ways. This catalog includes an essay by William L. Fox, director, Center for Art + Environment at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno.

Copyright:

2019

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9780309725835

Publisher:

The National Academies Press

Date of Addition:

10/03/24

Copyrighted By:

the National Academy of Sciences

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction

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This is a copyrighted book.