Robert Irwin: An Interview

Robert Irwin’s early art followed in the Abstract Expressionist tradition until he shifted his focus onto installation projects that play upon site-specific uses of light. Since the 1980s, he has created large-scale public space designs that use natural light, plants, and garden architecture; his monumental garden at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, opened in 1997, ranks as perhaps his most famous public project to date. In this interview, he discusses his work as a painter and uses of light in an art historical context. A historical interview originally recorded in 1976 and re-edited in 2003.