Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, 1998. 96 pp; 50 color pls., and 22 b&w ills., trade soft back $30 plus s/h. More Catalogs Vampire Study Center Lavishly illustrated catalog for the exhibition “David Reed: Paintings: Motion Pictures” at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, organized by Elizabeth Armstrong. Includes “David Reed: Painting in the Age of Electronic Media” by Elizabeth Armstrong, “Black on White: Paintings by David Reed” by Paul Auster, “David Reed’s Coming Attractions” by Dave Hickey, and “David Reed’s #275: A Story of Erotic Vision” by Mieke Bal. Acknowledments by Elizabeth Armstrong; foreword by Hugh M. Davies, with an exhibition checklist, artist’s chronology, exhibition history. From the Foreword: Reed’s abstract paintings have attracted intelligent critique and debate since they first appeared in exhbitions in the early 1970s. Reviewers of his earliest shows quickly noted that his work offered “a new kind of painting” that challenged modernist ideals. Drawing on such art historical sources as Mannerist and Baroque painting, Abstract Expressionism, and Postminimalism, Reed has been equally intrigued by the effects of contemporary photography and CinemaScope film. These diverse interests, and the uniquely complex wy in which he filters them in his work, have placed Reed at the forefront of contemporary abstract painting. In Reed’s most recent work, he has further intertwined his interest in photography and film in installations in which his paintings are placed directly next to videos, films, and photographs. Through the juxtaposition of these different media and his paintings’ increasingly lush, lurid colors, Reed continues to celebrate painting’s sensuality and illusionism while at the same time raising questions of originality, representation, reality, time, and seduction. In his 1995 book, After the End of Art, Arthur Danto highlighted Reed’s inventiveness in situating paintings with other media and honored him as an “examplar of the contemporary moment in the visual arts.” Available at the Galleries at Moore in conjunction with the exhibition “David Reed—Painting/Vampire Study Center: Is looking at an abstract painting similar to a vampire’s not reflecting in a mirror?” (September 10–October 17, 1999).   More catalogs: David Reed—Painting/Vampire Study Center: Is looking at an abstract painting similar to a vampire’s not reflecting in a mirror? (Galleries at Moore) New Paintings for the Mirror Room and Archive in a Studio off the Courtyard by David Reed (Neue Galerie Graz am landesmuseum Joanneum) Bram Stoker's Dracula: (Calalog of the centennial exhibition at the Rosenbach Museum & Library) (Return to top) To purchase call 215-965-4027 For mail orders: Visa, Mastercard, check, or moneyorder (payable to The Galleries at Moore/MCAD) The Galleries at Moore Moore College of Art & Design 20th Street & The Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103 Booksellers may return purchased books for a period of up to 2 months following the invoice date. Galleries Directory | Levy Gallery Artists Registry | Publications & Artists | Email Moore College of Art and Design

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