Leo Villareal
Coding Light
$112.75
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
11 November 2025
Summary
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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781580936538 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1580936539 |
| Author: | Molly Donovan, Annie Dell’Aria, Sarah Sze, Leo Villareal |
| Publisher: | Monacelli Press |
| Imprint: | Monacelli Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 11 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 2.90kg |
| Dimensions: | 324mm x 251mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
‘A celebration of an artist whose algorithmic light installations have redefined public and digital art on a global scale. Moreover, it’s a love letter to the beauty of chance, the precision of rules, and the underlying structure of complex systems – showing that there’s often more to “light art” than meets the eye.’ – Aesthetica Magazine
Selected for J.P. Morgan’s 2026 NextList
About The Author
Molly Donovan
Leo Villareal is a contemporary Mexican American artist. His work is represented in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Benesse Art Site Naoshima, Japan, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., among others. He lives and works in New York.
Molly Donovan is curator of contemporary art at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Annie Dell’Aria is associate professor of art history at Miami University in Oxford, OH.
Sarah Sze is a contemporary American artist based in New York.
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