A Whitney Museum of American Art Publication By transforming the traditionally static viewing space into an active participatory field experiments with the moving image dramatically expanded the parameters of modern art in the 1960s and '70s. But due to their ephemeral nature, many such classic installation works, while remembered, have not been widely witnessed. Into the Light accompanies the Whitney Museum of American Art's re-creation of 19 landmark film, video, and slide installations from this prescient era. Along with new color and duotone photographs of reconstructed installations by Michael Heizer, Dan Graham, Bruce Nauman, and Andy Warhol, among others, this volume includes previously unpublished diagrams and other documentation from the period. Each project is described in detail and situated in both a cinematic and art historical context. 110 illustrations, 40 in full color, 70 in duotone, 192 pages, 8 x 101/2" This valuable contribution toward understanding American art of the Sixties and Seventies focuses on a less well-examined subject: artists' use of projected film and video to produce dense, multilayered installations that probe fundamental questions of identity and the nature of language, society, and art in a world of machine-made images. The tone is academic, and, while attractive, the design of the book (which accompanied a recent exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York) could have been more effective in conveying the impression that these works make on those who see them in person. The essays (by Iles, curator of film and video at the Whitney, and Thomas Zummer, an independent scholar, curator, and artist) provide an excellent introduction to the theoretical underpinnings of the art, but they do not take on the historical or social context in which it was created. The fine bibliographies on each of the artists cover the 1964-77 period only. Given the dearth of materials on this active medium and the excellent quality of the essays, this is recommended for libraries serving students and scholars of film, video, performance, and conceptual art. Michael Dashkin, PricewaterhouseCoopers, New York Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. Exhibition Schedule: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Oct. 18, 2001-Jan. 27, 2002 Chrissie Iles, curator of film and video at the Whitney Museum of American Art, has published widely on the subject of film and video installation. Thomas Zummer is a writer, philosopher, and artist who has written extensively on the moving image. Used Book in Good Condition