Fresh Paint
By: edited by Selene Wendt ; [[essays by] Trevor Schoonmaker, Tommy Olsson, Paco Barragán, Michele Robecchi]
Contributors: Stenersenmuseet
Publisher: Charta; Stenersen Museum
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Milano [Italy]; Oslo, Norway
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
ISBN-13: 9788881588442
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Modern Painting; Exhibitions; Art and Design
Description: Fresh Paint sowcases international artists whose approach to painting is particularly fresh and relevant within a contemporary art context. This publication aims to present a highly selective group of artists whose approach, style, or subject matter is as contemporary as any photography, video, or large-scale installation. It also freatures work that ultimately questions the means and media of paining, challenging the viewer to consider which factors contribute to making a painting fresh and contemporary today. The works range from highly conceptual to more formally oriented, and also touch upon the question of when a painting ceases (or starts) to be a painting. Although these artists are technically proficient at what they do, the significance of their work extends far beyond an ability to paint a pretty picture.
Notes: "Javier Barilaro, Sverre Bjertnes, Markus Brendmoe, Kudzanai Chiurai, Patricia Claro, Katharina Grosse, Crispin Gurholt, Barkley L. Hendricks, Carlos Huffmann, Steinar Jakobsen, Brad Kahlhamer, Kerry James Marshall, Julie Mehretu, Wangechi Mutu, Elizabeth Peyton, Cristiano Pintaldi, Martin & Sicilia, Thaddeus Strode, Kehinde Wiley"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A fresh approach to contemporary painting  -- Selene Wendt; title: Barkley L. Hendricks : reverberations  -- Trevor Schoonmaker; title: The pleasure and the painting  -- Tommy Olsson; title: Squeezing the drop of paint : forty-one notes on painting and the performative  -- Paco Barragán; title: Will the circle be unbroken? : A few relections on painting -- Michele Robecchi.