Robert Irwin2019
Dawn to Dusk
by Anja Heitzer
'Robert Irwin: Untitled (Dawn to Dusk)' is a new publication devoted to the titular work by the legendary San Diego based light and space artist Robert Irwin (born 1928), the most recent addition to the Chinati Foundation's permanent collection. The artwork was inaugurated in July 2016 after 17 years of planning. Irwin's building-cum-artwork is a career-defining summation of his pioneering art and fulfills a longstanding intention of Chinati founder Donald Judd to include a work by Irwin alongside the renowned collection of permanent installations in Marfa, Texas. 'Robert Irwin: Untitled (Dawn to Dusk)' presents and contextualizes Irwin's artwork through a photographic record of the installation over the course of one year, in addition to critical essays, drawings, plans and illustrations....