BOOKS
share a smile
Rita Blitt has created ten brand-new vibrantly colored images for this collection, encouraging all ages to share a smile with loved ones.
Even children taking up the pen for the first time will be able to send a message: Half of the cards provide fill-in-the-blank guides to help teach senders the art of writing a postcard message.
LI PO
This selection of 26 postcards features pastels from Rita Blitt’s 1984 Li Po Series. Li Po was a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty whose poems document his journeys sailing the Yangzi River.
Around and Round
Rita Blitt: Around and Round is an overview of more than sixty years of work by Rita Blitt (b. 1931), a renowned contemporary American artist. Blitt’s dynamic body of work is distinguished by the sense of joy expressed through her pieces—sculptures, paintings, drawings, video, and more. Her work has been showcased in more than 70 one-person exhibitions and has been acquired by many museums and private collections. Her sculptures, some of them as tall as 60 feet, can be found throughout the U.S. and in Japan, Australia, and Singapore.
The book presents a thoughtful selection of Blitt’s artwork, with a particular focus on the paintings and drawings that form the core of her studio practice and that are often studies for her highly acclaimed sculptures. More than 100 color plates and reproductions are included in these pages, along with essays by scholars and colleagues that provide context and interpretations of Blitt’s work and practice.
PASSIONAte gesture
From the time she could pick up a crayon, painter/sculptor Rita Blitt has not stopped making art. Her creative journey, spanning more than 60 years, has encompassed many mediums and processes: from the discovery that her drawings can become sculpture up to 60 feet tall to the realization that her black lines flow more powerfully from two hands at once -- and later that color can be added in the same manner. Rita Blitt: The Passionate Gesture traces Blitt's development as an artist. When she was first introduced to abstract expressionism, she questioned this new art form. However, through the creation of sculpture her freedom from subject matter evolved -- she began "dancing on paper." Blitt embraced this gestural style, creating drawings, paintings and monumental sculptures that have been exhibited, collected and permanently installed internationally. Creating with a passionate gesture continues to be Blitt's delight and an inspiration to others. In addition to the 231 reproductions of her work, a timeline of Blitt's life and a personal interview share the stories behind some of her most cherished pieces.
Limited Edition Rita Blitt Sculpture and Passionate Gesture book
Beauty and the Beast wood, limited edition sculpture, is 6” x 6” x 2. The viewer can be creative by rearranging the two-part sculpture at will.
The book, Rita Blitt: The Passionate Gesture, with 231 reproductions of Rita Blitt’s drawings, paintings and sculpture, was published in 2000.
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Nessie THE SCULPTURE
Have you ever stood under a huge sculpture and wondered how it came to be? Nessie the Sculpture stands 16 feet tall and weighs 2,652 pounds! Imagine how much bigger she is than an adult who is 6 feet tall and weighs 200 pounds. Nessie lives in Rockaway Town Square in Rockaway, New Jersey. In her story, you will learn about all of the people who helped build her. Nessie the Sculpture was written by Rita Blitt and published in 1982.
Build your own Nessie with just one piece of paper!