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's more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-05-2009; Painters delight; Fantastic compilation of the best contemporary painters of our time. It's a good mix of many different genres of painting, from fine abstract to realism.; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-21-2009; there is no there there; i waited for this book with anticipation after reading the good reviews. unfortunately, the best thing about it is the cover. some of the work may push mediums in creative ways, but there is no under-girding of strong content (ideas,...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-23-2009; comprehensive painting review; this could be a standard introduction to contemporary painting to art school under grads. Nearly everything current finds it's space. This fits many personalities into one space, a tough task, but accomplished well; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-01-2009; Great Resource Book For Painters; I wanted a resource book that spoke about contemporary painters of today. I was tired of walking into chain book stores and seeing shelves filled with books detailing works by painters such as Picasso, Marc Chagall, O'Keefe and other...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-05-2009; Painters delight; Fantastic compilation of the best contemporary painters of our time. It's a good mix of many different genres of painting, from fine abstract to realism.; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-22-2008; The sterile state of painting; This book is full of images...unfortunately they are so unoriginal and overworked that it is bound to disappoint a reader looking for richness of paint and depth of content. Most of the art lies on the surface of the ground and seems...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-21-2009; there is no there there; i waited for this book with anticipation after reading the good reviews. unfortunately, the best thing about it is the cover. some of the work may push mediums in creative ways, but there is no under-girding of strong content (ideas,...; read full review | report as inappropriate