Lumia : Thomas Wilfred and the art of light / Keely Orgeman ; with a foreword by James Turrell ; and essays by Maibritt Borgen [and three others].

"'Lumia' presents a long-overdue reevaluation of the groundbreaking artist Thomas Wilfred (1889-1968), whose unprecedented works prefigured light art in America. As early as 1919, many years before the advent of consumer television and video technology, Wilfred began experimenting with light as his...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Orgeman, Keely (Author)
Corporate Authors: Yale University. Art Gallery (Issuing body, Host institution, Organizer, Publisher)
Smithsonian American Art Museum (Host institution)
Other Authors: Turrell, James (writer of foreword.)
Borgen, Maibritt (Writer of supplementary textual content)
Language:English
Published: New Haven, CT : Yale University Art Gallery, 2017.
Subjects:
Wilfred, Thomas, > 1889-1968 > Exhibitions.
Wilfred, Thomas, > 1889-1968. > Works.
Wilfred, Thomas, > 1889-1968.
Light in art > 20th century.
Light in art.
Lichtkunst.
Exhibition catalogs.
Illustrated works.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Illustrated works.
Physical Description:172 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans, portraits ; 28 cm
Variant Title:
Thomas Wilfred and the art of light
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Director's foreword / Jock Reynolds
  • Acknowledgments / Keely Orgeman
  • Foreword / James Turrell
  • A radiant manifestation in space : Wilfred, Lumia and light / Keely Orgeman
  • Lumia and postwar art : space, time, drama / Maibritt Borgen
  • Working with Wilfred : the conservation of Lumia / Carol Snow and Jason DeBlock
  • Thomas Wilfred's aesthetic legacy / Gregory Zinman
  • Plates
  • Appendix : Selected archival works from the Thomas Wilfred papers
  • Exhibition history
  • Selected bibliography
  • Photo credits.