It does no harm to wonder, the body of the work /
It does no harm to wonder / the body of the work
Richard Reddaway.
- 182 pages, 1 folded sheet : colour illustrations, 1 folded leaf of plates ; 25 cm
Includes 1 folded sheet, plan "Zig Zag" (40 x 59 cm folded to 25 x 20 cm). Issued in a box 28 x 22 cm. Published in a limited edition of 200 copies. "Published to coincide with the exhibition Richard Reddaway: the body of the work/ it does no harm to wonder at Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton 23 November 2019 - 23 February 2020"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references.
"It does no harm to wonder / the body of the work reviews 35 years of art and life in Aotearoa New Zealand...this publication reframes, extends and at times inverts the conventions of 'the artist's retrospective'. Refusing any didactic position, Richard's art through those years sought to be present and reactive to the time and place of its making. In this mode, while circumscribed by the artist's name, the publication has invited six writers and three designers to wonder upon the making of identity through work, art, community and family. Framed as much as a means to look forward as back, this publication is an assemblage of parts to be looked through and even, if you choose, to make something of."--Back cover.