Vitamin C
Subtitle: clay + ceramic in contemporary art
By: commissioning editor: Rebecca Morrill ; project editor: Louisa Elderton
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9780714874609
Subjects: Ceramic sculpture; Pottery; Art pottery; Catalogs
Other titles: Vitamin C :
Description: A global survey of 100 of today's most important clay and ceramic artists, chosen by leading art world professionals. 'Vitamin C' celebrates the revival of clay as a material for contemporary visual artists, featuring a wide range of global talent as selected by the world's leading curators, critics, and art professionals. Clay and ceramics have in recent years been elevated from craft to high art material, with the resulting artworks being coveted by collectors and exhibited in museums around the world. Packed with illustrations, 'Vitamin C' is a timely survey . Artists include: Caroline Achaintre, Ai Weiwei, Aaron Angell, Edmund de Waal, Theaster Gates, Marisa Merz, Ron Nagle, Gabriel Orozco, Grayson Perry, Sterling Ruby, Thomas Schutte, Richard Slee, Jesse Wine, and Betty Woodman. Nominators include: Pablo Leon de la Barra, Iwona Blazwick, Mary Ceruti, Dan Fox, Jens Hoffmann, Christine Macel, James Meyer among others.
Notes: Statement of responsibility from colophon.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction: A haptic art / by Clare Lilley; title: Caroline Achaintre; title: Ai Weiwei; title: Ghada Amer; title: Aaron Angell; title: Salvatore Arancio; title: Trisha Baga; title: Alisa Baremboym; title: Lynda Benglis; title: Huma Bhabha; title: Shary Boyle; title: Kathy Butterly; title: Pia Camil; title: Nicole Cherubini; title: Marco Chiandetti; title: William Cobbing; title: Tommaso Corvi-Mora; title: Liz Craft; title: Katie Cuddon; title: Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen; title: Phoebe Cummings; title: Roberto Cuoghi; title: Rachel de Joode; title: Edmund de Waal; title: Richard Deacon; title: Francesca DeMattio; title: Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg; title: Lynda Draper; title: Rose Eken; title: Alexandra Engelfriet; title: Fang Lijun; title: Simone Fattal; title: Magdalena Suarez Frimkess and Michael Frimkess; title: Theaster Gates; title: The Grantchester Pottery; title: Hilary Harnischfeger; title: Jessica Harrison; title: Keith Harrison; title: Emma Hart; title: Mary Heilmann; title: Emily Hesse; title: Lubaina Himid; title: Christian Holstad; title: Emre Hüner; title: Than Hussein Clark; title: Jessica Jackson Hutchins; title: Elizabeth Jaeger; title: Cameron Jamie; title: Markus Karstieß; title: Rachel Kneebone; title: John Kørner; title: Klara Kristalova; title: Shio Kusaka; title: Takuro Kuwata; title: Liz Larner; title: Simone Leigh; title: Jason Lim; title: An Te Liu; title: Liu Jianhua; title: Andrew Lord; title: Alice Mackler; title: Anna Maria Maiolino; title: Mark Manders; title: Helen Marten; title: Dan McCarthy; title: Jimena Mendoza; title: Matthias Merkel Hess; title: Marisa Merz; title: Delcy Morelos; title: Kristen Morgin; title: Ron Nagle; title: Ruby Neri; title: Erica Nickol; title: William J. O'Brien; title: Paulina Olowska; title: Luigi Ontani; title: Gabriel Orozco; title: Damián Ortega; title: Anna-Bella Papp; title: J J PEET; title: Giuseppe Penone; title: Mai-Thu Perret; title: Grayson Perry; title: Tal R; title: Sahej Rahal; title: Anslem Reyle; title: Brie Ruais; title: Sterling Ruby; title: Anders Ruhwald; title: Thomas Schütte; title: Marcia Schvartz; title: Wael Shawky; title: Ariene Shechet; title: Richard Slee; title: Renee So; title: Mariene Steyn; title: Rosemarie Trockel; title: Clare Twomey; title: Francis Upritchard; title: Adrián Villar Rojas; title: Jesse Wine; title: Betty Woodman; title: Yeesookyung.