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“There are many books that want to take on painting, which is a very visible and collectible medium, but few do so as consistently as the Vitamin P series. It is particularly appealing to approach painting in this manner, an ongoing series with a great selection of artists overseen by the art critic Barry Schwabsky. These are artists regarded very highly across a range of art world practitioners, not all as famous as Chuck Close or Marlene Dumas, but nonetheless consistently regarded as important painters of their generation, roughly from the 1970s onwards.” Read more...
The best books on Figurative Painting Today
Julien Delagrange, Artists & Art Critic
Our most recommended books
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Rogues’ Gallery
by Philip Hook -
Donald Judd Writings
by Donald Judd -
Master of the Eclipse
by Etel Adnan -
Painting (Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art)
by Terry R. Myers -
From Manet to Manhattan: The Rise of the Modern Art Market
by Peter Watson -
Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
by Fumio Sasaki