Vitamin 3-D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation [Hardcover]

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Book Description

ISBN-10: 071484974X | ISBN-13: 978-0714849744 | Publication Date: May 23, 2009 | Edition: 1st edition,

"Vitamin 3-D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation" is an up-to-the-minute survey of current global developments in contemporary sculpture and its close relative, installation. This vast medium of sculpture continues to be a central pillar of artistic practice, and "Vitamin 3-D" presents the outstanding artists who are engaging with and pushing the boundaries of the medium. "Vitamin 3-D" follows the success of "Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting", "Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing" and "Vitamin Ph: New Perspectives in Photography", presenting a cross-generational survey of contemporary artists from 27 countries. Chosen from more than 500 nominations by significant international critics, curators, art historians and creative writers, "Vitamin 3-D"'s 117 established and emerging artists were selected on the basis that they have made a significant contribution to sculpture and installation (in their broadest sense) in the last five years. "Vitamin 3-D" allows the reader to look at the medium in detail, to study sculpture's unique properties in relation to itself, in relation to contemporary art and in relation to the world at large. An ongoing fascination with the key issues of modern sculpture, from the readymade to the specific object, today drives many artists to return to those issues again and again, with fresh and often surprising results. In her evocative introductory essay for "Vitamin 3-D", Anne Ellegood uses Rosalind Krauss' landmark 1978 essay "Sculpture in the Expanded Field" as the basis to explore the wildly inclusive breadth and depth of work that the term 'sculpture' can now be applied to within contemporary practice - and the key historical moments that serve as the precedents for what we now understand as both sculpture and installation. Sculpture continues to strike out into new territory, harnessing the medium to confront today's commodity world in its own materials or conjuring visionary new objects and environments like nothing seen before. "Vitamin 3-D" contributes to these international debates on contemporary sculpture and installation while providing an accessible overview and a concise reference book in an innovative design that embodies the materiality of its subject.

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Nominators and Contributors: Nancy Adajania, Negar Azimi, Sarina Basta, Devrim Bayar, Kirsty Bell, Iwona Blazwick, Andrew Bonacina, Thomas Boutoux, Lindsay Brown, Adam Budak, Jon Bywater, Giovanni Carmine, Luca Cerizza, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Tyler Coburn, Suzanne Cotter, Bice Curiger, Penelope Curtis, Trinie Dalton, Wouter Davidts, Lillian Davies, Diedrich Deiderichsen, Florence Derieux, Dominic Eichler, Anne Ellegood, Russell Ferguson, Richard Flood, Claire Gilman, Thelma Golden, Ann Goldstein, Isabelle Graw, Melissa Gronlund, Bruce Hainley, Kit Hammonds, Glen Helfand, Jens Hoffmann, Matthew Higgs, Laura Hoptman, Anthony Huberman, Ronald Jones, Geeta Kapur, Celine Kopp, Vasif Kortun, Miwon Kwon, Christy Lange, Sylvere Lotringer, Carol Yinghua Lu, Francesco Manacorda, Chus Martinez, Rosa Martinez, Tom McDonough, Charles Merewether, Domonic Molon, Shamim M. Momin, Tom Morton, Gerardo Mosquera, Neil Mullholland, Julian Myers, Bob Nickas, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Sally O'Reilly, Adriano Pedrosa, Emily Pethick, Jenelle Porter, Bert Rebhandl, Beatrix Ruf, Ralph Rugoff, Barry Schwabsky, Trevor Schoonmaker, Katy Siegal, Katie Sonnenborn, Beate Sontgen, Rochelle Steiner, Francesco Stocchi, Alina Tortosa, Lee Triming, Marc-Olivier Wahler, Gilda Williams, Rachel Withers

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Phaidon Press; 1st edition, edition (May 23, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 071484974X
• ISBN-13: 978-0714849744
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 9.9 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #305,216 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Most of the artwork mentioned in the book has no pictures, July 14, 2010

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Beth "bethiejw2" (Mesa, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vitamin 3-D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation (Hardcover)

The authors mention a lot of artworks that do not have pictures. For me, this is like reading a book without text. Art needs to be seen, not read about.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful source., July 11, 2010

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firat engin - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Vitamin 3-D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation (Hardcover)

vitamin 3-d is a perfect guide and source for contemporary sculpture and insatallation - especially for art students and whoever in the field of art.

4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A bit disappointing, November 17, 2009

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Kate (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Vitamin 3-D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation (Hardcover)

This book is not as strong as Vitamin P (for painting). The work included does not seem nearly as diverse or interesting as the art pieces covered in Vitamin P.