Peter Alexander
Subtitle: in this light
By: essays by Dave Hickey and Naomi Vine.
Contributors: Hickey, Dave, 1940-; Vine, Naomi.; Orange County Museum of Art (Calif.); Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery.
Publisher: Orange County Museum of Art
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Newport Beach, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 117
Subjects: Alexander, Peter, 1939-  -- Exhibitions
Description: "Peter Alexander: In This Light is the first full-scale monograph on this artist, who for over three decades has been an active force in shaping the art and culture of California. The book includes work spanning Alexander's entire career to date, from the cast resin sculptures of the late 1960s to the recent Las Vegas paintings.

Essays by art critic Dave Hickey and by Orange County Museum of Art Director Naomi Vine probe the central issues raised by Alexander in his work: the problems surrounding the concept of beauty in making art today. Vine examines the suspect nature of beauty in art in our time, while Hickey discusses the supreme challenge of attempting to create art in paradise.".

"In addition to the critical essays, extensive documentation details the career of Peter Alexander, not only illuminating Alexander's life but shedding light on a time in California art when the Light and Space movement was emerging as an important, innovative, and distinctly West Coast approach to art-making."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, Calif., May 29-Sept. 12, 1998 and the Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.