题 目：Chryssa & New York / 克丽莎与纽约

作 者：Megan Holly Witko

出 版：Yale University Press ，2023

装 帧：精装，184页

尺 寸：25.2*28.6 cm

《克丽萨与纽约》是三十多年来关于当代艺术家克丽萨（光艺术的先驱）的首部重要出版物。

《克丽萨与纽约》一书及时地对这位希腊出生的艺术家克丽萨（克丽萨·瓦尔迪亚-马夫罗米哈利，1933-2013）进行了重新评估。克丽萨是战后纽约艺术界以及标志、文字和霓虹运用领域的领军人物，然而，她那融合了波普、概念主义和极简主义艺术创作手法的作品却仍未得到应有的认可。

本书聚焦于克丽萨的早期职业生涯，特别是她在20世纪50年代至70年代在纽约的时光，记录了她独特美学的诞生，尤其是她在霓虹艺术上的形式创新，并最终以她创作的宏大且罕见的装置作品《时代广场之门》（1964-1966）作为高潮。书中的文章将克丽萨的艺术与20世纪50年代和60年代其他纽约艺术家的作品进行了对比，从酷儿理论和希腊离散族裔的视角审视了她的作品，并揭示了她对当今光艺术的重要影响。此外，书中还包含了一场关于她艺术实践技术层面的对话，以及一份全面的年表，使本书成为未来几年关于克丽萨的权威出版物。

The first major publication in more than thirty years on contemporary artist Chryssa, an innovator of light art

Chryssa & New York offers a timely reassessment of Greek-born artist Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali, 1933–2013). Chryssa was a leading figure in the postwar New York art world and in the use of signage, text, and neon, yet her work, which bridges Pop, Conceptual, and Minimalist approaches to art making, remains under-recognized.

Focusing on the artist’s early career, in particular her time in New York from the 1950s to the 1970s, this book charts the emergence of her singular aesthetic, especially her formal innovations with neon, and culminates in the development of her monumental and rarely seen installation The Gates to Times Square (1964–66). Essays situate Chryssa’s art alongside that of other New York-based practitioners in the 1950s and 1960s, consider her work through the lenses of queer theory and the Greek diaspora, and uncover her crucial influence on light art today. Rounding out the volume, a conversation on the technical aspects of her practice and a comprehensive chronology make this the definitive publication on Chryssa for years to come.

Distributed for Dia Art Foundation and the Menil Collection, Houston

Exhibition Schedule:

Dia Chelsea, New York

(March 2–July 23, 2023)

Menil Collection, Houston

(September 29, 2023–March 10, 2024)

Wrightwood 659, Chicago

(May 1–August 15, 2024)