{"product_id":"the-lightning-field-9780300138948","title":"The Lightning Field","description":"\u003cp\u003eA profoundly timely and moving personal essay by one of Americas leading art critics  Walter De Marias Lightning Field (1977) is one of the 20th centurys most significant works of art. Situated in a remote area of desert in southwestern New Mexico  it comprises 400 polished  stainless-steel poles (spaced 220 feet apart) installed in a grid measuring one mile by one kilometer. A sculpture to be explored on foot  The Lightning Field is intended to be experienced over an extended period of time. Critic Kenneth Baker visited The Lightning Field numerous times over the course of the past 30 years in order to write this text. Inspired and challenged by this remarkable artwork  Baker speculates on the course of our contemporary human condition. But  rather than building on ideas in narrative sequence  he deploys quotation to effect multiple perspectives and points of view. Bakers citations and elegantly crafted prose are arrayedin a metaphorical parallel to De Marias choreographing of the vast landscape of the American Southwestto create a compelling text.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67948260655157,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300138946","price":43.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300138948.jpg?v=1794403401","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-lightning-field-9780300138948","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}