{"product_id":"leo-villareal-coding-light-9781580936538","title":"Leo Villareal: Coding Light","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn expansive monograph of work by acclaimed contemporary artist Leo Villareal, known for his monumental installations employing light and computer technology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTransforming pixels using the zeroes and ones of binary code into dazzling displays of light, Mexican-American artist Leo Villareal creates abstract installations that are icons of public art. Employing artist-created code and custom software, his innovative practice explores chance, rules, and the underlying structure of systems. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeo Villareal: Coding Light \u003c\/i\u003efeatures more than 30 works ranging in scale - from exhibitions and immersive architectural commissions like Cosmos at Cornell University, to urban-scale artworks such as his seminal work, Illuminated River, which joins nine central-London bridges to illuminate the Thames with subtly shifting light patterns along the River Thames in London - and includes work from over two decades of the artist's career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeo Villareal\u003c\/b\u003e is a contemporary Mexican American artist. His work is represented in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Benesse Art Site Naoshima, Japan, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., among others. He lives and works in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMolly Donovan\u003c\/b\u003e is curator of contemporary art at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnie Dell'Aria\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of art history at Miami University in Oxford, OH.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Sze\u003c\/b\u003e is a contemporary American artist based in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Monacelli Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749415780626,"sku":"9781580936538","price":57.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2245ab1f-06bb-452c-b74f-ae278196e015.jpg?v=1764084048","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/leo-villareal-coding-light-9781580936538","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}