Vitamin P: New Perspectives in
Painting by Barry Schwabsky
Great Resource Book For Painters
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 Schwabskys introductory text offers a critical survey of the
evolution of painting since the late 1950s
Personal Review: Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting by
Barry Schwabsky
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 wonderful artists who molded the richness and
wonder of modern painting. I wanted to know what's new in the art world
without resorting to glossy art magazines and trips to distant galleries. I
wanted to see more works by female painters. Vitimin P is my answer. I'm
glad to see that female painters such as Cecily Brown, Lucy McKenzie,
Elizabeth Peyton and Karen Kilimnik are highlighted in this book. The
brilliant Marlene Dumas is also included within the pages of Vitamin P.
Talented men such as Denis Castellas and Merlin Carpenter are givin
equal time. The book is evidence that painting is alive, evolving and strong
today.
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