{"title":"Ad Reinhardt","description":"\u003cp\u003eAd Reinhardt's works offer a profound exploration of abstract art and its place within the broader cultural landscape. His texts delve into the subtle interplay of form, colour, and meaning, inviting readers to reconsider conventional perspectives on visual expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin this collection, you will find insightful essays and critical reflections that illuminate Reinhardt's unique artistic philosophy. These books are essential for those interested in the intersections of modern art and cultural thought.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sherrie-levine-after-reinhardt-by-ad-reinhardt-9781644230091","title":"Sherrie Levine: After Reinhardt","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe renowned American artist Sherrie Levine engages her ongoing practice of appropriating artworks from the Western art historical canon—this time taking Ad Reinhardt's Blue Paintings as a point of departure.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMonochromes After Reinhardt: 1-28 (2018)\u003c\/em\u003e continues the artist's ongoing investigation of colour separated from its representational function. Inspired by the exhibition Ad Reinhardt: Blue Paintings held at David Zwirner, New York in 2017, Levine has created abstract restatements of the 28 works that were on view, making use of pixelation to consolidate the range of blue tones in each painting into a single, truly monochromatic value.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis work revisits a technique first employed by Levine in her 1989 group of woodcut prints \u003cem\u003eMeltdown\u003c\/em\u003e, where an averaging algorithm was used to create a checkerboard composition based on modernist artists' iconic paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSherrie Levine: After Reinhardt\u003c\/em\u003e is published on the occasion of Levine's eponymous solo exhibition at David Zwirner's Upper East Side location in New York in 2019. The publication features full-colour reproductions of \u003cem\u003eMonochromes After Reinhardt: 1-28\u003c\/em\u003e and includes the 1965 text \"Reinhardt Paints a Picture,\" in which Reinhardt famously interviewed himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47427781329132,"sku":"9781644230091","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781644230091.jpg?v=1774767306"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/ad-reinhardt.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}