Matthew Ritchie Proposition Player

Herbert, Lynn M.

ISBN 10: 0936080841 / ISBN 13: 9780936080840

Published by Contemporary Arts Museum/Hatje Cantz, Houston, 2004

About this Item

This is a very good softcover copy bound in stiff but flexible yellow plasticized boards printed in black. Slight tiny nick to the rear edge of the spine, otherwise fine. Completely clean inside and out. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, Texas from December 2003 to March 2004. Edited by Lynn M. Herbert. Essays by Herbert, Laura Steward Heon, and Jenelle Porter. Interview with the artist conducted by Thyrza Nichols Goodeve. Illustrated with 55 four-color and 40 black-and-white plates. Illustrated chronology. Biographical sketch. Bibliography. 9" high X 11" wide, 134 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Matthew Ritchie Proposition Player
• Publisher: Contemporary Arts Museum/Hatje Cantz, Houston
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0936080841
• ISBN 13: 9780936080840
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Condition: Very Good
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  • Exhibition Catalogs:European Art

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Synopsis

In 1995, British artist Matthew Ritchie embarked on an extraordinary undertaking: he set out to tell the story of everything, from the Big Bang onward. His tale was to be told in paintings and drawings through a core group of 49 characters drawn from sources as diverse as mythology, quantum physics, alchemy, gambling, biblical tales, and pulp fiction. With Proposition Player, Ritchie's first major solo museum exhibition and accompanying catalogue, his narrative has reached a "climax, collapse, and crisis"--the story has morphed into a game and Ritchie has created a veritable information casino. Accompanying the paintings and drawings for which the artist is internationally known are works in new media, including a 100-foot-long three-dimensional drawing, an interactive craps table with digital animation that invites viewers to roll the dice for the future of the universe, an enormous rubble floor mosaic that invites viewers to walk into the heart of the piece, and a deck of cards featuring Ritchie's cast of characters.