A new coffee-table text celebrates Burning Man in all of its fiery glory: Taschen has teamed up with Canadian writer and photographer, NK Guy, to assemble the Art of Burning Man, a book gathering 16 years of the anything-goes desert festival in 280 pages of stunning photography."Baked by the sun, and blinded by dust, the gathering acquires different meanings for different people: Temporary community, spiritual adventure, performance stage, desert rave, social experiment," reads an excerpt from the book. "It’s also the incubator of some of the most remarkable site-specific outdoor art ever made: a mechanized fire-breathing octopus, a towering wooden temple 15 meters tall, and the eponymous Man himself—a skeletal sculpture set ablaze at the event’s conclusion."
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Check out some stunning images from Art of Burning Man below:
The Temple of Transition, 2011, by the International Arts Megacrew
El Pulpo Mecanico, 2014, by Duane Flatmo and Jerry Kunkel
Man Burn, 2013, by The Man: Larry Harvey, Jerry James, Dan Miller, and the ManKrew. Man base: Lewis Zaumeyer and Andrew Johnstone.
Gearhead, 2013, by Steve Hall and Becky Stillwell
Cupcake Cars, 2006, by Lisa Pongrace, Greg Solberg and the Acme Muffineering team.
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