Leo Villareal
Author: Molly Donovan
ISBN: 9781580936538
Publisher: Phaidon
Year first published: 11 Nov 2025
Pages: 336
Format: Hardback
Transforming pixels using the zeroes and ones of binary code into dazzling displays of light, Mexican-American artist Leo Villareal creates abstract installations that are icons of public art. Employing artist-created code and custom software, his innovative practice explores chance, rules, and the underlying structure of systems.Leo Villareal: Coding Light features more than 30 works ranging in scale - from exhibitions and immersive architectural commissions like Cosmos at Cornell University, to urban-scale artworks such as his seminal work, Illuminated River, which joins nine central-London bridges to illuminate the Thames with subtly shifting light patterns along the River Thames in London - and includes work from over two decades of the artist' career.
ISBN: 9781580936538
Publisher: Phaidon
Year first published: 11 Nov 2025
Pages: 336
Format: Hardback
Transforming pixels using the zeroes and ones of binary code into dazzling displays of light, Mexican-American artist Leo Villareal creates abstract installations that are icons of public art. Employing artist-created code and custom software, his innovative practice explores chance, rules, and the underlying structure of systems.Leo Villareal: Coding Light features more than 30 works ranging in scale - from exhibitions and immersive architectural commissions like Cosmos at Cornell University, to urban-scale artworks such as his seminal work, Illuminated River, which joins nine central-London bridges to illuminate the Thames with subtly shifting light patterns along the River Thames in London - and includes work from over two decades of the artist' career.
