Steven Scott is an English artist whose interdisciplinary approach revolves around the rich complexities of light. Drawing on years of experience working with theater lighting and design, Scott’s innovative installations seamlessly blend techniques from art, architecture, and theater.
In Steven Scott: Luminous Icons, eminent American art historian Robert C. Morgan presents for the first time a contextual analysis of Scott’s light installations, situating them alongside works by other prominent contemporary artists, including Wassily Kandinsky, Mark Rothko, and Barnett Newman. Richly illustrated throughout with photographs by Adam Mork and Matthew McConnel, Luminous Icons explores Scott’s body of work, ranging from Seventy Seven—a vast seven-story installation that forms the central atrium of Deloitte’s Copenhagen headquarters—to Brown Light, a series of meditative lightworks for smaller spaces.
176 pages | 113 color plates, 5 halftones | 9 1/2 x 6 3/5 | © 2011
Architecture: European Architecture
Table of Contents
Foreword
Ole Nørlyng
Light Works in the Theatre:
Requiem
Sylphide
Introduction
Robert C. Morgan
Part One: From the Horizons to the Black Light Series 1999–2006
Robert C. Morgan
Works:
Open Box
Horizon One
Ceiling of Light
Glass & Light Study
Colour Study
Hans Christian Andersen’s Labyrinth
Black Light
Corner
Part Two: The Brown Light Series to the Present 2006–2011
Robert C. Morgan
Works:
Flood & Brown Light
Flood & Black Light One
Brown Light
Nominal Eight & Nominal Twenty One
Nominal Eight
Nominal Twenty One
Ecstasy One & Two with Icon 2.1 & Icon 2.0
Icon 2.1 & Icon 2.0
Ecstasy One & Ecstasy Two
Ecstasy One
Ecstasy Two
Part Three: Light Works in Public Spaces
Robert C. Morgan
Works:
Wall of Light
Thirty Five Horizons
Seventy Seven
Blade of Light
Digital Sun
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Selected Group Exhibitions
Private and Public Collections
Selected Recent Bibliography
About the Contributors
Quote from the Artist
Credits, Acknowledgements, and Publication Contributors
Ole Nørlyng
Light Works in the Theatre:
Requiem
Sylphide
Introduction
Robert C. Morgan
Part One: From the Horizons to the Black Light Series 1999–2006
Robert C. Morgan
Works:
Open Box
Horizon One
Ceiling of Light
Glass & Light Study
Colour Study
Hans Christian Andersen’s Labyrinth
Black Light
Corner
Part Two: The Brown Light Series to the Present 2006–2011
Robert C. Morgan
Works:
Flood & Brown Light
Flood & Black Light One
Brown Light
Nominal Eight & Nominal Twenty One
Nominal Eight
Nominal Twenty One
Ecstasy One & Two with Icon 2.1 & Icon 2.0
Icon 2.1 & Icon 2.0
Ecstasy One & Ecstasy Two
Ecstasy One
Ecstasy Two
Part Three: Light Works in Public Spaces
Robert C. Morgan
Works:
Wall of Light
Thirty Five Horizons
Seventy Seven
Blade of Light
Digital Sun
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Selected Group Exhibitions
Private and Public Collections
Selected Recent Bibliography
About the Contributors
Quote from the Artist
Credits, Acknowledgements, and Publication Contributors