the book Nancy Holt Locating Perception

Book Launch at Sprüth Magers New York with A.K. Burns and Lisa Le Feuvre

Please join us on Monday July 17 for a conversation and book release to celebrate the launch of Nancy Holt: Locating Perception with a conversation between Lisa Le Feuvre and A.K. Burns.

Nancy Holt: Locating Perception takes a journey through Holt’s work, paying particular attention to her investigations into the structures that we humans use as we attempt to understand our place on the surface of our planet. The book includes an essay by Julian Myers-Szupinska, an interview between Holt and Laura McLean-Ferris, and extensive notes on the work.

Edited by Sprüth Magers
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, Cologne

Event Details
Monday, July 17, 2023
6–8pm

Sprüth Magers
22 East 80th Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10075

Limited spaces available, RSVP essential. Email rsvp.nyc@spruethmagers.com

A.K. Burns is an interdisciplinary artist and associate professor in the Department of Art at Hunter College, CUNY.

Lisa Le Feuvre is the Executive Director of Holt/Smithson Foundation.

Photograph: Timo Ohler

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