Seeing Is Forgetting the Name

"Seeing is Forgetting, The Name of the Thing One Sees - A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin" by Lawrence Weschler, is the life story of controversial artist Robert Irwin. Irwin is the first California artist to rise to a stellar position within the art world. The book chronicles Irwin from his modest beginnings in suburban Los Angeles through his journey of self-discover...

"Seeing is Forgetting, The Name of the Thing One Sees - A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin" by Lawrence Weschler, is the life story of controversial artist Robert Irwin. Irwin is the first California artist to rise to a stellar position within the art world. The book chronicles Irwin from his modest beginnings in suburban Los Angeles through his journey of self-discovery in finding his place in the art world. He ultimately pursues the somewhat unrealistic goal of stripping objects of art down to a presence or indeed a perception.

Lawrence Weschler, a staff writer for twenty years at the "New Yorker, " is the Director of the New York Institute of the Humanities at New York University and Artistic Director of the Chicago Humanities Festival.