Larry Bell

One of the most renowned and influential artists to emerge from the Los Angeles art scene of the 1960s, Larry Bell gained international acclaim by the age of the 30 for his refined surface treatment of glass and his explorations of light, reflection, and shadow. This is the first major monograph on Bell, featuring an insightful essay by Robin Bell and an interview with the artist by curator Cliff Lauson. Mirroring Bell’s close attention to materials in his work, this publication is creatively presented in two distinct halves: a collection Bell’s works on paper, printed on a heavily textured, uncoated stock, followed by a presentation of his glass and metal scuptures, printed in a high-gloss finish. From his earliest experimental paintings in the late 1950s to the glass cubes and standing glass-panel sculptures of the 1960s and 1970s, his experimentation with vapor drawings in the 1980s and his most recent ‘mirage works’ and ‘light knot’ sculptures, Bell’s career reads as one long and beautiful experiment in the properties of light on surface, and the relationship of surface to space, with this publication representing the definitive survey of his extraordinary work.