Burning man : art in the desert / photographs and text by A. Leo Nash ; introduction by Daniel Pinchbeck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nash, A. Leo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burning Man (Festival).

Portrait photography--Nevada--Black Rock Desert.

Portrait photography.

Burning Man (Festival)--Pictorial works.

Performance art--Nevada--Black Rock Desert.

Performance art.

Nevada--Black Rock Desert.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

159 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 x 30 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Abrams, 2007.

Summary:

For one week in August the Burning Man Festival in Nevadas Black Rock Desert brings people together in a spirit of self-reliance and creativity. Art has become the defining feature of Burning Man, as the festival continues to be a testing ground for a growing circle of artists seeking engaged audiences. Their most compelling works are large-scale constructions that are burned at the end of the festival, and radically altered vehicles, or art cars. Art at Burning Man, like the experience of being there itself, is a way of being outside routine existence: People return home rejuvenated and inspired to seek ways to express the spirit of the festival in their everyday lives. For more than a decade, A. Leo Nash has been creating a photographic document of this work, and in his photographs we see the wellspring of a new art movement.

ISBN:

9780810992900

0810992906

OCLC:

76967217