Painting Today

Fine Art

Photo-realism, abstraction, portraiture, installation painting, neo-expressionism and the Leipzig School are just some of the areas of this thriving medium explored in Painting Today. This comprehensive survey of contemporary painting presents the broad range of styles, materials and methods that comprise the artform, extending the tradition of Phaidon's trail-blazing Art Today. Since the proclaimed 'death of painting' in 1968, artists around the globe have nevertheless continued to expand its imagery, techniques and meanings, and in over 500 illustrations this book presents the work of both famous and emergent painters active around the world. Tony Godfrey presents a lively and authoritive view of the vast range of possibilities that painting today encompasses.


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'Painting Today entertainingly explores how contemporary styles have evolved' The Times 'an impressive sweep through the evolution of current styles ... Sixteen clear, well-argued thematic chapters' Metro 'Tony Godfrey has assembled a colourful array of artists and distilled them into chapters ... like wandering a vast modern art gallery ... inspiring' Artists and Illustrators 'erudite and wide-ranging analysis...an excellent introduction to the contemporary corpus' Modern Painters 'eye-bogglingly global view of the medium in all styles.' The New York Times 'Impeccably curated and exhaustively annotated ... Powerful and eye-dazzling.' National Public Radio

General Fields

  • : Phaidon Press
  • : Phaidon Press
  • : 9780714868561
  • : September 2014
  • : September 2014
  • : 290mm X 250mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : art supplies