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Contemporary Painting

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Contemporary Painting
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Suzanne Hudson
SeriesWorld of Art
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:312
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 150
Category/GenreArt and design styles - from c 1900 to now
Painting and paintings
ISBN/Barcode 9780500294635
ClassificationsDewey:759.06
Audience
General
Illustrations 245 Illustrations, color

Publishing Details

Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publication Date 18 March 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Painting is a continually expanding and evolving medium. The radical changes that have taken place since the 1960s and 1970s - the period that saw the shift from a modernist to a postmodernist visual language - have led to its reinvigoration as a practice, lending it an energy and diversity that persist today. In Contemporary Painting, renowned critic and art historian Suzanne Hudson offers an intelligent and original survey of the subject: a rigorous critical snapshot that brings together more than 250 renowned artists from around the world, whose ideas and aesthetics characterize the painting of our time. These luminaries include Cecily Brown, Theaster Gates, Josh Smith, Jenny Saville, Julie Mehretu, Takashi Murakami, Gabriel Orozco, Christina Quarles, Kara Walker, Kehinde Wiley, Zhang Xiaogang and many others. Organized into seven thematic chapters exploring aspects of contemporary painting, this is an essential volume for art history enthusiasts, students, critics and practitioners. With 245 illustrations in colour

Author Biography

Suzanne Hudson is Associate Professor of Art History and Fine Arts at the University of Southern California. She is an esteemed art historian and critic who writes on modern and contemporary art. Her previous books include Robert Ryman: Used Paint, Agnes Martin: Night Sea and Contemporary Art: 1989-Present, and she is a regular contributor to Artforum.

Reviews

'Hudson's overview brings together more than 250 artists from Cecily Brown to Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Kara Walker, examining and unpicking queer narratives, race, activism and climate issues' - The Art Newspaper