Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting
by Barry Schwabsky
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Book Summary Information
Author: Barry SchwabskyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-09-14
ISBN: 0714844462
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Book Reviews of Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting
Book Review: Vitamin P
Summary: 3 Stars
I have this book as well as Vitamin D in hardcover and should have waited until they came in paperback -- the hardcover made them too expensive as well as cumbersome. The tiny font on the pages as well as the cramped spacing makes reading about the artists tedious and annoying. My main problem with these books is that I have no idea of knowing how credible these artists are, and a professor of mine told me probably half of the book is just kids of editors, publishers, or famous art critics that graduated from pretentious art institutions but have no real grasp on their concepts or ideas. What does it take to get into a book like this? Much of the art is immature, if that is what they mean by "new perspectives". I would recommend checking it out from the library to flip through but don't plan on trying to read it.
Summary of Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting
Vitamin P is an image-heavy book offering an overview of the state of painting today, and documents the most recent concerns and ideas among contemporary painters. In the wake of new media such as installation, video, performance and digital art, the traditional medium of painting has enjoyed a renaissance among a recent generation of artists. Alongside the evergrowing reputation of significant living painters such as Gerhard Richter, Agnes Martin and Peter Halley, many younger artists have chosen painting over any other medium, and are exploring new means to broaden the traditional field of "oil on canvas". It is this younger generation (who emerged in the 1990s) that Vitamin P aims to represent in an A-Z survey of 114 of its leading, new, international practitioners, with each artist illustrated by numerous examples of his or her works, accompanied by a short explanatory text. Often moving beyond the most traditional image associated with this medium, Vitamin P hopes to illustrate the richness, eclecticism, dynamism and contemporaneity of the practice of painting today. Barry Schwabsky's introductory text offers a critical survey of the evolution of painting since the late 1950'sCriticism Books
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