Night Fields, Day Fields is a survey of Jim Dine’s sculpture from 1959 to 2009. Dine is commonly seen as a prolific
painter, printmaker and photographer whose central practice is drawing, but this book shows that sculpture is just as
important in his oeuvre.
Here we discover Dine’s favourite and reoccurring motifs: hearts, tools, skulls, and Pinocchio, as well as Classical
sculpture in the form of Venus de Milo and Winged Victory. Dine’s media are as diverse as his themes and include
bronze, wood, glass and found objects. His styles are similarly manifold, testament to an artist who has shrugged off
the trappings of Pop Art to develop an eclectic body of styles that is unique and authoritative in contemporary art.
Born in 1935 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jim Dine completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Ohio in 1957, and
has since become one of the most profound and prolific contemporary artists. Dine’s unparalleled career spans fifty
years and his work is held in numerous private and public collections. His books at Steidl include Birds (2001), The
Photographs, so far (2003), and Hot Dream (52 Books) (2008).
Night Fields, Day Fields – Sculpture
von Jim Dine
