Nancy Holt's artwork 'Starfire' (1986)
🔗 https://HoltSmithsonFoundation.org/news/nancy-holt-works-ecstatic-land-ballroom-marfa

#NancyHolt (1938-2014) installation currently on view at https://BallroomMarfa.org, TX.
"… The work consists of eight small firepits set into the ground in the formation of the #BigDipper & #NorthStar. The firepits are lit at night, bringing the fire of the night's sky down to the earth …"

🔗 https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Holt
#EarthArt #ConceptualArt #Installation #Cosmology #Time & #Timelessness ∘‧

Lucy Lippard and Lisa Le Feuvre discuss the legacy of Nancy Holt — an artist who emphatically pointed away from herself and into the wider world.

#Art #LandArt #NancyHolt

https://hyperallergic.com/813560/the-celestial-alignments-of-nancy-holt/

There's never too many books about #LightArt and this one seems especially interesting! #WomenLightArtists showcases the usual suspects like #YayoiKusama, #NancyHolt and #JennyHolzer, but also a few not-yet-household names.

I've just ordered, will be reporting later!
https://womeninlighting.com/site/page/collected-light-book