{"product_id":"matthew-ritchie-a-garden-in-the-flood-hardcover","title":"Matthew Ritchie: A Garden in the Flood - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Ritchie\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eMark W. Scala\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCaroline A. Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRitchie locates patterns in an unpredictable universe, with garden and flood serving as metaphors for growth and destruction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenowned New York-based interdisciplinary artist Matthew Ritchie (born 1964) seeks to visualize thought, connecting such fields as philosophy and mythology, epic poetry and science fiction, and history and physics, through installations of paintings, wall drawings, light boxes, games, sculpture, films and performance works. His works challenge social fragmentation by suggesting a unified theory of everything.\u003cbr\u003ePublished for an exhibition at the Frist Art Museum, \u003ci\u003eA Garden in the Flood\u003c\/i\u003e examines a selection of his paintings, architectural structures, elaborate diagrams and hallucinatory video animations (which notably include a collaboration with the Grammy Award-winning Fisk Jubilee Singers). Employing \"garden\" and \"flood\" as metaphors for growth and destruction, transformation and renewal, Ritchie encourages readers to \"reimagine the role art could play in whatever form of society may emerge next.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 12.3 x 9.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42157126746247,"sku":"9781636810621","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5660c17cadd0e6fe2ccf7a9ec3d182b6.webp?v=1733248737","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/matthew-ritchie-a-garden-in-the-flood-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}