Ross Bleckner: Paintings 1985–2018

The art of New York–based painter Ross Bleckner (born 1949) seems to constantly reinvent itself, speaking again and again of the fragility of existence and the human desire for a metaphysical vanishing point behind the world. Death is everywhere in his oeuvre, intertwined with beauty: pictures of flowers or human cells, transformed by the artist into glowing lanterns, explore a terrain between biology, psychology and identity; and when letters appear almost imperceptibly between the stripes on one picture, spelling out the words "Remember Them," the epitaph pertains to Bleckner’s long-term addressing of AIDS. Two paintings that constitute a striking memorial to the victims of AIDS, in the form of domed skies recalling Schinkel’s stage set for The Magic Flute, are included here. This volume features a selection of paintings from 1985–2018.
ISBN 9783903320147. Verlag für moderne Kunst. hb. 9.5 x 12 in. / 96 pgs / 24 color..
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