In the summer of 2013, Raymond Pettibon took over one of David Zwirner's gallery spaces in New York, transforming the high-ceilinged, garage-like white cube into his studio in order to prepare a show of drawings and collages within-and sometimes directly on-its walls. Titled To Wit, evoking the Middle English expression that has come to express a certain formality today and is defined as "namely," or "that is to say," the exhibition gave new meaning to the term "site specific," featuring vibrant, gestural works Pettibon ...
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In the summer of 2013, Raymond Pettibon took over one of David Zwirner's gallery spaces in New York, transforming the high-ceilinged, garage-like white cube into his studio in order to prepare a show of drawings and collages within-and sometimes directly on-its walls. Titled To Wit, evoking the Middle English expression that has come to express a certain formality today and is defined as "namely," or "that is to say," the exhibition gave new meaning to the term "site specific," featuring vibrant, gestural works Pettibon created in conversation with his surroundings that operated as a sort of archive, both product and record of his relationship to that space and time. Unified by their bold, vivid lines and unconventional framing, they feature allusions to a wide spectrum of American "high" and "low" culture, from violence, humor, and sex to literature, youth, art history, and sports-embodying the artist's signature mix of social and political commentary, diary entry, and automatic drawing. This publication, presenting large color plates of the works created over that summer by Pettibon, who also produced an original drawing for its sturdy cardboard cover, explores the intricate relationship between image and language that has long fascinated the artist. Just as the works in the exhibition existed at once as art and document, so too does the book itself have the hefty, physical presence of a work of art. Extensive installation views capture the dynamic combination of visual imagery and text that has come to characterize Pettibon's practice, and a selection of gritty black-and-white photographs by Andreas Laszlo Konrath offers an intimate glimpse into the artist's working process. Context is provided by Lucas Zwirner, who accompanied the artist throughout this period and contributed the book's essay, "A Month with Raymond." As Zwirner describes it, the show functioned "as an essayistic whole held together by imaginative leaps and subtle connections which Raymond has left unexplained and uninterpreted." That perspective is rounded out in an interview with the artist by Kim Gordon, a visual artist and musician, who first encountered Pettibon's work in the early 1980s in Los Angeles.
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Add this copy of Raymond Pettibon: to Wit to cart. $43.00, like new condition, Sold by Inno Dubelaar Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Toronto, ON, CANADA, published 2014 by David Zwirner Books.
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Fine. No Jacket. 1st Printing. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. pp. 188. First printing. Not paginated, bound in over-sized quarto boards, profusely illustrated, catalog of works in exhibition. A superb Fine copy.
Add this copy of Raymond Pettibon: to Wit to cart. $50.00, very good condition, Sold by Exquisite Corpse Booksellers rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Houston, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2014 by David Zwirner Books, New York.
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Near Fine. No Jacket, As Issued. 188 pages with 110 illustrations 97 in color. Minor rubbing and wear to the cardboard covers, corners and edges. Interview with the artist by Kim Gordon. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the David Zwirner Gallery, New York NY September 12-October 26, 2013. Works in the Exhibition.
Add this copy of Raymond Pettibon: to Wit to cart. $75.25, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2014 by David Zwirner Books.
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Add this copy of Raymond Pettibon: To Wit to cart. $260.00, new condition, Sold by Keeper Reineau Bookseller rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hamilton, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 2014 by David Zwirner Books.
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New. Signed by author. Signed by Acclaimed Artist and Author Raymond Pettibon, in person. 188 p. Audience: General/trade. New (Pristine Condition) issued by the Publisher without a dust jacket; a tight copy, bought new in 2014, and never read; opened only for signing. First Edition-First Printing. Signed, signature and doodle, on the Half-Title page (this is the page chosen by Raymond to sign), by Acclaimed Artist and Author Raymond Pettibon, in person, during his book tour event for this Title, in New York City, with Kim Gordon, on June 25, 2014. An event announcement will be included. "To Wit" is a collectible art book which reflects Raymond Pettibon's summer of 2013 show at the David Zwirner's Gallery in New York City. The exhibit included Raymond's latest drawings and collages at that time. The show dispensed aphorisms, along with the usual athletes, comic strip figures, talking phalluses, and other stock characters from the Pettibon universe. The show/exhibit is captured in this special collectible book. Rest assured, this highly collectible copy is well protected in a clear, archival safe protective cover; and will be very carefully packaged with protective material; and will be shipped in a new box. We always treat all of our books, and book buyers with the utmost respect.
