About the Book
Following the successful reception of Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting, Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing and Vitamin Ph: New Perspectives in Photography, Vitamin 3-D aims to create a lively and informative survey of contemporary sculpture and installation from around the globe. With 120 artists selected by 40 nominators, Vitamin 3-D will be an up-to-the-minute guide to the best artists working in three dimensions.
Table of Contents:
A 5,000-word introduction will assess the current role of sculpture and installation in contemporary art. In the main section of the book, 120 artists will each be profiled in a 500-word text and 1 to 2 spreads of images. The end matter will include short biographies on each artist, followed by an index
About the Author :
Nominators and Contributors: Nancy Adajania, Negar Azimi, Sarina Basta, Devrim Bayar, Kirsty Bell, Iwona Blazwick, Andrew Bonacina, Thomas Boutoux, Lindsay Brown, Adam Budak, Jon Bywater, Giovanni Carmine, Luca Cerizza, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Tyler Coburn, Suzanne Cotter, Bice Curiger, Penelope Curtis, Trinie Dalton, Wouter Davidts, Lillian Davies, Diedrich Deiderichsen, Florence Derieux, Dominic Eichler, Anne Ellegood, Russell Ferguson, Richard Flood, Claire Gilman, Thelma Golden, Ann Goldstein, Isabelle Graw, Melissa Gronlund, Bruce Hainley, Kit Hammonds, Glen Helfand, Jens Hoffmann, Matthew Higgs, Laura Hoptman, Anthony Huberman, Ronald Jones, Geeta Kapur, Celine Kopp, Vasif Kortun, Miwon Kwon, Christy Lange, Sylvere Lotringer, Carol Yinghua Lu, Francesco Manacorda, Chus Martinez, Rosa Martinez, Tom McDonough, Charles Merewether, Domonic Molon, Shamim M. Momin, Tom Morton, Gerardo Mosquera, Neil Mullholland, Julian Myers, Bob Nickas, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Sally O Reilly, Adriano Pedrosa, Emily Pethick, Jenelle Porter, Bert Rebhandl, Beatrix Ruf, Ralph Rugoff, Barry Schwabsky, Trevor Schoonmaker, Katy Siegal, Katie Sonnenborn, Beate Sontgen, Rochelle Steiner, Francesco Stocchi, Alina Tortosa, Lee Triming, Marc-Olivier Wahler, Gilda Williams, Rachel Withers
Review :
'does its best not to tie the 117 artists [...] into any great overarching theory. This we must be thankful for. ... a well-designed volume and a useful reference too, and the choices leave one optimistic about the state of play the end of the Noughties.' Oliver Basciano, Art World, June 2009
