{"product_id":"david-batchelor-david-batchelor-9781905464326","title":"David Batchelor: Found Monochromes","description":"\u003cp\u003ePhotographing white single squares and rectangles found in urban areas, David Batchelor's Found Monochromes project expands the artist's interrogation of colour, skill and the cityscape. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince 1997, David Batchelor has been photographing single square and rectangle planes of uninterrupted white that he passes as he walks through London and places he visits. The images are informal and impromptu; shot from a uniform distance the white planes are seen on a diversity of backdrops: brick walls, car doors, metal fences and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBatchelor began this body of work after considering the history of the monochrome in painting, and the lack of skill associated with them in the work of Yves Klein and Ad Reinhardt, amongst others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing together the largest group of photographs from this series, a conversation between the philosopher Jonathan R e and the artist focuses on the importance of monochromes to ideas of modernity, artificiality and the city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Batchelor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1905464320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781905464326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ridinghouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.90h x 9.10w x 1.40d","brand":"David Batchelor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46721345716479,"sku":"9781905464326","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b4225f73-bf02-4abc-8909-13017e168904.jpg?v=1742752584","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/david-batchelor-david-batchelor-9781905464326","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}