Bill Viola

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Bill Viola began experimenting with video art in the early 1970s; today, he is considered one of the foremost proponents of the medium, captivating audiences around the world with his profound and beautifully wrought explorations of the human condition.

Bill Viola began experimenting with video art in the early 1970s; today, he is considered one of the foremost proponents of the medium, captivating audiences around the world with his profound and beautifully wrought explorations of the human condition.

Bill Viola is the first monograph to chart the artists career in full, from his education in Syracuse, New York, to the inauguration in 2014 of Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water, a work specially commissioned for St. Pauls Cathedral in London. John G. Hanhardt outlines the key visual, literary, and spiritual influences on Violas work, together with his changing approach to the moving image in response to advances in technology.

Woven into the discussion are numerous illustrations of Violas most significant works, including Information (1973), The Greeting (1995) and Going Forth By Day (2002), together with reproductions of his sketches and notebook entries that bring his working methods to life. Supplemented by a comprehensive reference section, Bill Viola offers a rare and fascinating account of one of contemporary art's most powerful creative minds.
Extent: 296 pp
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2015-10-30
Size: 28.5 x 26.0 cm
ISBN: 9780500093924
Introduction: Thought, Reflection, Belief • Chapter 1: The Discovery of Video • Chapter 2: 1970s: Reflections on Nature and Time • Chapter 3: 1980s: Expanded Visions of Life and Memory • Chapter 4: 1990s: The Joining of the Spiritual to the Aesthetic • Chapter 5: 1900s: Embodying Emotion on Video • Chapter 6: 2000s: A Humanism for Our Time • CODA: The Martyrs

Press Reviews

One of the most exhaustive books about Viola ever published … unravels the artist’s mind by sharing his inner dialogues with the reader
Artdependence

This book, the first complete monograph, richly and dramatically illustrated, does him proud
Mature Times

Highly readable and fascinating … there is no question that this is an important publication that is not only long overdue but also deeply insightful and thoroughly comprehensive
Cellophaneland


About the Authors

John Hanhardt is a Consulting Senior Curator for Film and Media Arts at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

Kira Perov is Bill Viola’s wife, studio manager and muse.

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