RICHARD FLOOD: NOTES FROM THE PLAYGROUND - Rare Fine Copy of The First Edition/First Printing: Signed by Richard Flood - ONLY SIGNED COPY ONLINE

Flood, Richard (Author); Gober, Robert; Hitchcock, Alfred; Thek, Paul; Arte Povera & Others

ISBN 10: 1909932396 / ISBN 13: 9781909932395

Published by London, England: Ridinghouse Publishers, 2017

About this Item

1st Printing. Signed. 333 pages. Published in 2017. Retrospective collection of essays on art. One of the most important, and most beautifully-written, books on its subject of our time. The First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only by a small independent press. There is NO American Edition. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Richard Flood's "Notes From The Playground". Brilliant, insightful, and written accessibly in crisp and elegant prose - which is absent in practically ALL other art books being written in our time by academics, who deign to write only for each other. "His written work from over the past forty years reveals an original and rigorous connection to the world of ideas, beauty, and the critical and aesthetic experience of our present times. Drawing from his broad knowledge of history, cinema, literature, poetry, design, and architecture, Flood's writings combine the autobiographical with the theoretical, presenting an intimate understanding of renowned contemporary artists. Throughout many of the essays, Flood draws on personal correspondence between himself and the artist, including an Annotated Conversation with Paul Thek discussing his fabricated works of wax raw-meat facsimiles embedded in luxurious Plexiglas cases; Four Interviews with Robert Gober during the 1990's, offering vivid accounts of his creative process; and a detailed description of a portrait sitting at Michael Landy's studio. Flood's significant essay on Arte Povera, co-authored with Frances Morris, is also reproduced, providing evidence of his ability to write in multiple ways" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Richard Flood collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the half-title page by Richard Flood. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a great collection. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Edition/First Printing available online and is in fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant art critics of our time. A fine copy. ISBN 1909932396.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: RICHARD FLOOD: NOTES FROM THE PLAYGROUND - Rare Fine Copy of The First Edition/First Printing: Signed by Richard Flood - ONLY SIGNED COPY ONLINE
• Publisher: London, England: Ridinghouse Publishers
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1909932396
• ISBN 13: 9781909932395
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

• Notes from the Playground is a carefully selected anthology of 30 essays by the curator, academic and writer, Richard Flood

This new collection of Richard Flood's written work from over the past 40 years reveals an original and rigorous connection to the world of ideas and beauty and the critical and aesthetic experience of our present times. Drawing from his broad knowledge of history, cinema, literature, poetry, design and architecture, Flood’s writings combine the autobiographical with the theoretical, presenting an intimate understanding of renowned contemporary artists.

Throughout many of the essays, Flood draws on personal correspondence between himself and the artist, including an annotated conversation with Paul Thek discussing his fabricated works of wax ‘raw meat’ facsimiles embedded in luxurious Plexiglas cases; four interviews with Robert Gober during the 1990s, offering vivid accounts of his sculptural and creative process; and a detailed description of a portrait sitting at Michael Landy’s studio. Flood’s significant essay on Arte Povera, co-authored with Frances Morris, is also reproduced, providing evidence of his ability to write in multiple ways.

About the Author

Curator, academic and writer, Richard Flood first began at the New Museum, New York, in 2005 as chief curator. In 2010, he transitioned into being director of special projects and curator at large, a role through which he helped oversee Ideas City, an initiative focused on design and development in urban areas, and the Visionary Series, which invites high-profile writers, filmmakers, architects, and more to speak at the museum. Prior to working at the New Museum, Flood was chief curator and deputy director of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, where he was Chief Curator for 11 years. He has also served as director of Gladstone Gallery in New York. Notes from the Playground, was his first collected anthology of his writings.