Chris Burden: Streetlamps [Hardcover]

This is Gagosian’s 500th book. It fittingly marks the achievement, as Chris Burden was among the first artists to work with Larry Gagosian.Chris Burden: Streetlampsis the definitive publication on Burden’s iconic series.

Chris Burden: Streetlampsexplores the artist’s work with antique streetlamps, which he began to amass in the early 2000s. Burden fully restored 202 streetlamps from the 1920s to create his renownedUrban Light,which was acquired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He realized four more major streetlamp sculptures in both public and private spaces, all of which are lavishly documented here from conception through installation.Christopher Bedfordis the Dorothy Wagner Wallace Director of the Baltimore Museum of Art.Russell Fergusonis an art historian, curator, author, and a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.Michael Govanis the director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.Ari Marcopoulosis a photographer and filmmaker.George Robertsis a philanthropist and the cofounder and co-CEO of KKR.GB