Ad Reinhardt (Foreign Book)

This is a treatise by Michael Corris, known as a conceptual artist, designer, and art historian, that examines the works of Ad Reinhardt (1913-1969), a charismatic painter representing post-war America, from a wide range of perspectives.

From 1956 until his death in 1969, Ad Reinhardt, like a Zen monk, quietly continued to paint only square black paintings. His "Black Paintings," the culmination of his abstract expression, are actually composed of evenly divided nine-part color fields with subtle tonal differences, using the darkest tones of colors such as green, blue, and brown. The boundaries of each color field can be identified not by color, but by a slight sheen with an extremely delicate expression, which is like a mysterious light rising from the deep black darkness. This "purity" seen in Reinhardt's work was also a practice of his philosophical and spiritual exploration, which was connected to Eastern thought, but it eliminated romantic gestures and dramatic elements from painting, declaring a break from popular mass art and high art. This purity, standing out from the world of nothingness, reflects ideas that were not in the context of Western art until then, and shines with a unique brilliance. This book is a meticulously detailed reading of Reinhardt's aesthetics and philosophy, who stubbornly pursued "art for art's sake," and his works from a multifaceted historical perspective.

- Title: Ad Reinhardt
- Author: Michael Corris
- Publisher: Reaktion Books
- Year of Publication: 2008
- Binding: Hardcover, 240 pages
- Size: 25.7 x 17.5 x 2.5 cm
- Language: English

Note: This book is a treatise and does not contain illustrations or photographs of the works.
The condition is generally good, and all the pages inside are very clean. There is a slight warp and some scratches on the dust jacket covering the hardcover, but it is hardly noticeable. As shown in the last image, there is a little dirt on the top edge, but it does not interfere with reading at all.
This is a book with considerable substance. If you are interested in Ad Reinhardt, please take a look.

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