Drawing has recently experienced a renewal of importance in the art world and has rarely been as widely represented in biennials, art fairs, and exhibitions as it is now. Similar in concept, scope, and structure to Phaidon's successful volume Vitamin P, Vitamin D presents, in A-Z order, the work of 109 artists who have emerged internationally since 1990. All use drawing as a primary medium. Whether representational or abstract, small or large in scale, using only one line or rich in colors and pattern, drawings have a highly descriptive and meticulously detailed quality that is being explored by an increasing number of contemporary artists. Extending beyond images traditionally associated with this medium, Vitamin D
Drawing has recently experienced a renewal of importance in the art world and has rarely been as widely represented in biennials, art fairs, and exhibitions as it is now. Similar in concept, scope, and structure to Phaidon's successful volume Vitamin P, Vitamin D presents, in A-Z order, the work of 109 artists who have emerged internationally since 1990. All use drawing as a primary medium. Whether representational or abstract, small or large in scale, using only one line or rich in colors and pattern, drawings have a highly descriptive and meticulously detailed quality that is being explored by an increasing number of contemporary artists. Extending beyond images traditionally associated with this medium, Vitamin D illustrates the complexity, variety, and relevance of the practice of drawing today.
Editorial Reviews
Library Journal
This book is a global, up-to-the-minute survey of drawing that focuses on 110 artists selected by a group of prominent international art critics, curators, and museum directors. In her excellent introduction, Emma Dexter (senior curator, Tate Modern, London) defines the importance of contemporary drawing by convincingly arguing that for the first time in history, artists can rely on drawing as their primary medium of expression without their work suffering in status as a result (whereas before, drawing was often considered inferior to painting or sculpture). As an intimate, honest, direct, and expressive form, drawing is a medium these artists use to connect with aspects of culture-e.g., narrative and national identity-previously repressed under High Modernism. Highlighted here in A-to-Z order are eminent contemporary artists such as Kara Walker, Elizabeth Peyton, and Gabriel Orozco as well as less well-known but emerging artists from around the world. With more than 500 illustrations and comprehensive biographical and stylistic essays on each artist, this book is highly recommended for any library with a contemporary art collection. [Vitamin D is similar in format and content to Phaidon's Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting (2002).-Ed.]-Sandra Rothenberg, Framingham State Coll. Lib., MA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780714857138
Publisher: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/1/2020
Pages: 352
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Overview
Drawing has recently experienced a renewal of importance in the art world and has rarely been as widely represented in biennials, art fairs, and exhibitions as it is now. Similar in concept, scope, and structure to Phaidon's successful volume Vitamin P, Vitamin D presents, in A-Z order, the work of 109 artists who have emerged internationally since 1990. All use drawing as a primary medium. Whether representational or abstract, small or large in scale, using only one line or rich in colors and pattern, drawings have a highly descriptive and meticulously detailed quality that is being explored by an increasing number of contemporary artists. Extending beyond images traditionally associated with this medium, Vitamin D