The “death of painting” and its subsequent resurrection in transformed conditions is a leitmotif of the modern era. Painting's postconceptual resurgence at the start of the 1980s began a dramatic expansion of its field. If painting remains important today, it is because its contradictions have been acknowledged as artists have radically diversified the components of its production and presentation. This first anthology to focus on painting's multiple discourses over the last three decades brings together key statements, dialogues, and debates that have moved the conversation beyond the modern/postmodern dialectic while redefining the conditions necessary for an artwork to be described as “painting.” The diversity of contemporary painting's meanings and practices encompasses the randomness and eclecticism associated with Web-based creation. Although for many the presence of paint endures, others have argued for painting to be classed not as a material but as a philosophical category. Compiled by a leading critic of painting who actively participated in these conversations while also teaching young artists in the studio classroom, this collection ranges widely, to reflect the diversity of ways in which painting continues to be investigated and evaluated in studios, exhibition spaces, and the marketplace of ideas. These writings, statements, and interviews reflect ongoing debates and reignite questions for an as yet unimagined future of painting.

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Storr Robert (Article author), Lawson Thomas (Article author), Dumas Marlene (Article author), Brown Glenn (Article author), Searle Adrian (Article author), Celmins Vija (Article author), Oehlen Albert (Article author), Lee Ufan (Article author), Nickas Robert (Article author), Schor Mira (Article author), Frize Bernard (Article author), Pittman Lari (Article author), Rubinstein Meyer Raphael (Article author), Key Joan (Article author), Foster Harold Foss (Article author), Bryson Norman (Article author), Hess Elizabeth (Article author), Halley Peter (Article author), Saltz Jerry (Article author), David Catherine (Article author), Ricard Rene (Article author), Taaffe Philip (Article author), Close Chuck (Article author), Kapur Geeta (Article author), Milhazes Beatriz (Article author), Tagg John (Article author), Deleuze Gilles (Article author), Kelsey John (Article author), Birnbaum Daniel (Article author), Currin John (Article author), Relyea Lane (Article author), Graw Isabelle (Article author), Matsui Midori (Article author), Richter Gerhard (Article author), Joselit David (Article author), Shaw Jim (Article author), Gilbert-Rolfe Jeremy (Article author), Corris Michael (Article author), Kantor Jordan (Article author), Groos Ulrike (Article author), Tinari Philip (Article author), Heilmann Mary Ann (Article author), Grosse Katharina (Article author), Crimp Douglas (Article author), Schwabsky Barry (Article author), Kaneda Shirley (Article author), Egenhofer Sebastian (Article author)

Type

Book

Place of publication

London

Year

2011

Number of pages

240 pages

Language

English

ISBN

9780262515672

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Open stacks

Illustrations

Yes

Bibliography

Yes

UDC code and author sign

701.1 Mye

Volumes

1

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