The Paintings of Ross Bleckner [INSCRIBED]
Brussels: Éditions Alain Noirhomme, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed "for Scott with love Ross B. 5/07" on front free endpaper. Folio. 457 (1)pp. Original black cloth with white lettering on spine, in original illustrated dustjacket with white lettering on spine. Mustard color endpapers. Frontispiece photograph. "The work has always been interested in bringing abstract painting closer to the realities of the external world, while endeavoring to plumb the depths of the subliminal realm of the psyche. Much lauded for the work Bleckner has done for ACRIA, the American Community Research Initiative on AIDS, and as an outspoken advocate of the fight against the disease since the late 1980s, the paintings are symbolic expressions of a larger humanity, and, as such, also comprise formal as well as social values." (Author). Profusely illustrated with one hundred and thirty-three color reproductions of Bleckner's art as well as b/w in-text reproductions of portrait photographs, drawings, and art. Contains notes, exhibition history, bibliography, including writings by the artist and interviews, index of works and photographic credits at rear. Dustjacket with very light wear along edges and rubbed. Black marker traces at top of foredge, not bleeding into pages. Else in fine condition. Very good to fine condition. Item #48402
ISBN: 9782930487014
Price: $475.00