Edmund de Waal: ten thousand things 2007 The legendary Fletcher family has

The legendary Fletcher family has been an institution and guiding presence in surf and skate culture for decades

starting with the artists designing the cards and ending with a ceremonial exchange at the Bistro restaurant in Beverly Hills

The volume analyzes this painting within the context of a dozen related works

and influences from art history and from life

Painted in the artist’s characteristic soft-focus style

Edmund de Waal: ten thousand things 2007 The legendary Fletcher family hasThis book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Edmund de Waal: ten thousand things at Gagosian, Beverly Hills. It features forty new works by the artist in which he draws inspiration from the poetry of Paul Celan; the musical compositions of John Cage; and the Schindler House in Los Angeles, a revolutionary building from 1922 by the Viennese migr architect Rudolph Schindler, which was important to Cage. The works feature sequences of thrown