A World View
A World View
John Latham
John Latham (1921–2006) is widely considered a pioneer of British conceptual art. His practice encompasses sculpture, installation, painting, film, land art, engineering, assemblage, performance happenings and theoretical writings, and it is underpinned by his unique understanding of our place in the universe. The book was published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, London tracing the trajectory of his practice.
Alongside an impressive body of work, it brings together archival material, thematic essays, and visual contributions of a much younger generation of artists and practitioners he had influenced. Like the exhibition itself, the book offers an immediate encounter with the artist. The hardback cover is trimmed on all three sides to expose the raw cardboard core, and the fore and tail edges reveal a graphic score of printed lines and blocks set into the bleed of each page. They create a system that allows navigating through the various materials, but also relates back to Latham’s idea of time.
Year: 2017
Client: Serpentine Galleries, London
Co-publisher: Koenig Books
Exhibition catalogue, 17 × 20.5 cm, 448 pages
Photography: Raquel Diniz
A World View
A World View
John Latham
John Latham (1921–2006) is widely considered a pioneer of British conceptual art. His practice encompasses sculpture, installation, painting, film, land art, engineering, assemblage, performance happenings and theoretical writings, and it is underpinned by his unique understanding of our place in the universe. The book was published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, London tracing the trajectory of his practice.
Alongside an impressive body of work, it brings together archival material, thematic essays, and visual contributions of a much younger generation of artists and practitioners he had influenced. Like the exhibition itself, the book offers an immediate encounter with the artist. The hardback cover is trimmed on all three sides to expose the raw cardboard core, and the fore and tail edges reveal a graphic score of printed lines and blocks set into the bleed of each page. They create a system that allows navigating through the various materials, but also relates back to Latham’s idea of time.
Year: 2017
Client: Serpentine Galleries, London
Co-publisher: Koenig Books
Exhibition catalogue, 17 × 20.5 cm, 448 pages
Photography: Raquel Diniz