Slant Step Book: Slant step book

Download or read book Slant Step Book: Slant step book written by Francesca Wilmott and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1965 the artist William T. Wiley found a mysterious slanted object in a Northern California salvage shop and gifted it to his student Bruce Nauman, setting off a series of artistic exchanges that continued for nearly five decades. What started as a California story soon became national phenomenon, resulting in new works by artists such as Ray Johnson, Nauman, Richard Serra, and Wiley who were drawn to the enigma of the slanted green stool. Since the 1960s the Slant Step has developed a cultlike following and inspired innumerable sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, films, poems, and an influential artists' book published by artist Phil Weidman in 1969. This long overdue republication of the Slant Step Book features a facsimile of the 1969 artists' book and a companion collection of new essays and visual responses by contemporary writers and artists who extend the legacy of the Slant Step into our present moment.