JamesMagee:TheHill

Formorethanaquarterofacentury,theAmericanartistJamesMageehasbeenengagedinalargelysecretandsolitaryendeavourthattakesup52,000squarefeetofvastplaininWestTexas,USA.Aformerlawyer,taxidriver,andoffshoreroughneck,MageesettledinElPasowherehehasmadeanameforhimselfasapainter,sculptor,poet,?lmandvideomaker.With'TheHill',acomplexofpavilionsjoinedbyrampsandwalkways,Mageerevealshimselftobeanarchitect,engineer,andbuilderaswell.Luminousphotographsofthefourbuildingsin'TheHill'capturetheirstarkpresenceinthedesert.Inadditionthisbooktakesreadersinsidethecomplextoviewenormousinstallationsandsculpturesmadefromnaturalobjects:stone,flowers,wood,iron,andglass.ReminiscentofruinsfromtheMayan,Egyptian,andEuropeancultures,'TheHill'isnonethelessdistinctivelyAmerican-fromtherollinglandscapeitinhabitstothePuritan-inspired'CityonaHill'feelingitevokes.Thefirstvolumetofullyexplorethisuniquemasterpiece,TheHillwilldrawreadersintooneman'sambitiousvision,whilecreatingawideraudienceforwhatiscertaintobeacelebratedartdestination.