Mystic Bones

by Mark C. Taylor

The desert has long been a theme in Mark C. Taylor's work, from his inquiries into the religious significance of Las Vegas to his writings on earthworks artist Michael Heizer. At once haunted by absence and loss, the desert, for Taylor, is a place of exile and wandering, of temptation and tribulation. Bones, in turn, speak to his abiding interest in remnants, ruins, ritual, and immanence. Taylor combines his fascination in the detritus of the desert...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226790371
• ISBN13: 9780226790374
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.4" x 10.3"