Cave: An Evocation of the Beginnings of Art

Richard Lewis. Touchstone Center Publications, $14 (56pp) ISBN 978-1-929299-03-4

A quartet of titles examines art in its many incarnations. Cave: An Evocation of the Beginnings of Art by Richard Lewis brings together sculpture and text to visualize the origins of art. Elizabeth Crawford's sculptures appear in haunting, full-bleed photos by George Hirose. Based on Lewis's 1979 theater performance, his spare text explores relationships between early humans and the natural world and envisions how their coming together led to artistic creation: ""There, in cave darkness/ we took our hands,/ and on the rock bones/ we made you move.""

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