Lita Albuquerque: Stellar Axis

ThefirstmonographontheacclaimedAmericanenvironmentalartistLitaAlbuquerque,whoseworksbelongtotheLandArtgeneration,alongsideJamesTurrell,Christo,RobertSmithson,andothers.Knowninternationallyforhertemporaryandephemeralinstallations,paintings,andsculptures,LitaAlbuquerqueusesthemostunusualandchallengingofEarth'ssurfacesasacanvas:Antarctica,theArctic,DeathValley,theMojaveDesert,andSouthDakota'sBadlands.Shepaintswithavarietyofmediums,includingbrightlycladhumansorfabricatedspheres,whichformpatternsovervast,wide-openspaces.ThisbeautifullydesignedsurveyofhercareerhighlightsStellarAxis,forwhichAlbuquerqueledanexpeditiontotheSouthPoletocreatethefirstinstalmentofaground-breakingglobalproject.Inadditiontoessaysplacingtheartist'sworksinthebroadercontextsofenvironmentalartandscience,Albuquerqueprovidespersonalreflectionsonherlife'swork.