{"title":"Richard Smith","description":"\u003cp\u003eRichard Smith (1931–2016, UK) was a British painter associated with the transition between Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art in the late 1950s and 1960s. Working between London and New York, Smith developed a practice that engaged with the visual language of commercial culture — packaging, advertising, cinema — while maintaining a commitment to the materiality and shape of painting itself. His canvases frequently extended beyond the rectangle into shaped, three-dimensional forms, treating the support as an object in its own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmith represented Britain at the 1966 Venice Biennale and won the Grand Prize at the 1967 São Paulo Biennial, placing him at the centre of the international exhibition circuit during one of the most contested decades in post-war art. His work was shown at Kasmin Gallery, London, and Green Gallery, New York, and is held in major public collections including Tate and MoMA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eItems in this section include exhibition catalogues, periodicals, and printed matter in which Smith’s work appears as cover image, subject, or reproduced work.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"richard-smith-art-and-artists-vol-ii-no-8-november-1967","title":"RICHARD SMITH — Art and Artists, Vol. II, No. 8, November 1967","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArt and Artists\u003c\/em\u003e, Vol. II, No. 8. London: Hansom Books, November 1967. Edited by Mario Amaya. Approx. 27.5 × 21 cm. Softcover periodical; colour cover specially designed by Richard Smith; black-and-white illustrations throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cover was designed by Richard Smith at the moment of his 1967 São Paulo Biennial Grand Prize — the year after he represented Britain at Venice. Smith occupies the cover not as a reproduced painting but as a commissioned graphic object: the magazine surface becomes a site of production rather than documentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents include: Calder’s Fables, The Shape and the Sound, The Fifth Paris Biennale, Technological Arcadia, John Moores Liverpool, Frank Brangwyn Centenary, Erotic Erethisms, Czech-Mates, reviews, books, London gallery guide, and international art-world advertising. The back cover carries an advertisement for Eduardo Paolozzi, First Sculpture Prize, Carnegie International Pittsburgh 1967, at Pace Gallery New York and Hanover Gallery London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis issue is less a neutral magazine than a portable exhibition system. Smith occupies the cover; Calder is re-entered through reproduction; Paolozzi appears through the back-page gallery advertisement. The magazine carries artists as image, text, review, prize, advert, and commodity at once. A monthly printed object becomes a small administrative machine for assigning visibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good vintage condition with visible handling wear, creasing, rubbing, edge wear, corner bends, small tears and chips, age toning, and wear to wrappers and spine. The marks are part of the object’s circulation history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hansom Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53876093092178,"sku":"SMITH-ARTANDARTISTS-CAT-1967","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Art_and_Artists_November_1967._Alexander_Calder._1967.jpg?v=1782763080"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/richard-smith.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}