The book is available for purchase on Amazon. Shop at our store and also enjoy the best in daily editorial content. 'It’s not stuff you’d see in a traditional gallery.'Īs the temporary city is prepped for his opening next week, Guy has released his book with Taschen for those unable to make the trek into the desert, 100 miles from Reno. Burning Man - The leading online destination for mens contemporary fashion and streetwear. His dazzling images record these participatory. 'Many of the artists there don’t come from the mainstream,' Guy told Vulture of the art on display at the festival. In this updated edition with fresh images, writer and photographer NK Guy presents 16 years of Burning Man art. This year's theme is titled Carnival of Mirrors, and will likely involve mirrors and masks, according to the event's website.įor the past 16 years, photographer NK Guy has been attending the event and recently published a collection of his pictures from the arts festival called Art of Burning Man. 2022 by N K GUY (Author) See all formats and editions Hardcover £20.00 1 New from £20. The arts festival begins every year on the last Monday of August and ends on the first day of September, attracting about 65,000 so-called 'Burners' from around the country to gather on the playa for a week of reveling around the temporary outdoor art gallery.Įach year, several towering 'temples' are built according to a theme, and on the last day, they are burning down in a ritualistic ceremony. NK GUY ART OF BURNING MAN 40TH EDITION Hardcover 23 Sept. Every August, tens of thousands descent on Nevada's Black Rock desert to marvel at a sea of wooden sculptures, only to burn them all down just a week later.īut it's the beauty in the impermanence of these structures that makes Burning Man festival such a spellbinding event. NK Guy first went to Burning Man festival in 1998, and has returned to the Nevada desert each year to document the artworks that spring up then vanish.

Art of Burning Man by N.K. Guy