This October sees The Barbican present a major retrospective recognising the extraordinary career of American painter Robert Ryman (1930—2019), curated by Wells-Fray Smith.
I have contributed a short text to the new book, Robert Ryman: The Real Thing, published by Pre-Echo Press, edited by Matt Connors and Wells-Fray Smith. This 400-page publication designed by Studio Mathias Clottu documents a range of Ryman’s paintings. Foreword by Shanay Jhaveri. Introduction by Wells-Fray Smith. Text by Darby English, Erica Cooke, Peter Osborne, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Adam Caruso, Matt Connors, Fergus Feehily, Roni Horn, Soweto Kinch, Adam Pendleton, Howardena Pindell, Robert Ryman, Richard Tuttle.