Between Nature And Culture: Photographs Of The Getty Center By Joe Deal Photographs Of The Getty Center By Joe Deal

From 1983 through 1997, artist Joe Deal documented the site and construction of the Getty Center through a series of black and white photographs. Between Nature and Culture: Photographs of the Getty Center by Joe Deal presents 130 of Deal's photographs, offering an opportunity to view the evolving site through this artist's eyes, from the selection of the starkly beautiful chaparral-covered mountain top to the steel and travertine of the final stages of construction. With an introduction by Mark Johnstone that provides both a key to understanding Joe Deal's unique vision and commentaries on the thematic groups and individual photographs reproduced, this book offers a dramatic portrait of one of the Getty Center. In The Years, Between 1984 And 1997, Photographer Joe Deal Recorded The Transformation Of A Chaparral-covered Mountaintop Into The Travertine-covered Complex Of The Getty Center.--book Jacket. He Completed The Assignment In Two Phases: The Photographs Made During The First Phase (april 1984-march 1989) Capture The Natural Ruggedness Of The Terrain And Establish Its Relationship To The Developed Neighboring Enclaves. Those Made During The Second Phase (april 1992-august 1997) Not Only Record The Actual Construction Process But Also Reveal Deal's Personal Perspective On The Qualities Of Light And The Creation Of Form. Represented In This Book As A Selection From The Resulting Portfolio, Topos, A Greek Word Meaning Place, Site, Position, And Occasion - Deal's Artistic Legacy To The Gerry Center.--book Jacket. Preface / Richard Meier -- Stopping Time: A Photographer's Changing Viewpoint / Weston Naef -- The Construction Of Culture / Mark Johnstone -- The Transformation Of A Landscape / Joe Deal -- Topos. Passage. Site. Position. Occasion. Place. Joe Deal ... [et Al.]. Maps On Lining Papers. From 1983 through 1997, artist Joe Deal documented the site and construction of the Getty Center through a series of black and white photographs. This text presents a 130 of Deal's photographs, providing a chronicle of the building of the Los Angeles complex. Cover Contents Preface Stopping Time: A Photographer's Changing Viewpoint The Construction of Culture The Transformation of a Landscape TOPOS Passage Site Position Occasion Place List of Photographs