What is 'contemporary' about contemporary art? Who is really running the art world? This title explores the dramatic changes that have taken place in the art world since the fall of the Berlin Wall. It provides a look at the reasons for the art boom, and reveals the politics behind the business.

Extending beyond the traditional image associated with this medium, 'Vitamin D' hopes to illustrate the complexity, variety, and relevance of the practice of drawing today.

A presentation of the writings of contemporary artists. It includes essays, interviews, and critical and theoretical comments that provide insights into the construction of visual knowledge. It also includes texts that address visual literacy, cultural studies, and the theoretical debates regarding modernism and postmodernism.

Packed into a pocket-sized book is a concise selection of art from the last two decades of the 20th century, culled from the Taschen title Art at the Turn of the Millennium. Two pages, with illustrations and biographical/bibliographical information, are devoted to each artist.

Chronicles three decades of conversation between Lawrence Weschler and light and space master Robert Irwin. This book surveys many of Irwin's site-conditioned projects - in particular the Central Gardens at the Getty Museum and the design that transformed an abandoned Hudson Valley factory into Dia's new Beacon campus.

Contemporary art in a nutshell (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) This Art Now 25th anniversary special edition brings together recent work and biographical information for over 80 of today's most influential artists, forming a broad and vibrant spectrum of the work that has shaped the art world in recent years.

An expanded edition of this popular reference, which includes an updated timeline and bibliography. Archer's critical overview discusses the often bewildering diversity of styles, forms, media, techniques and agendas that proliferate in contemporary art, and examines the factor of globalization.

Bill Viola ia a leading American artist working in video and sound installations, using innovative multi-media technologies to explore the phenomena of sense perception. This is a selection of his essays, notebook entries, interviews, drawings and descriptions of projects.

This idiosyncratic book tells the story of modern art from Picasso to Damien Hirst - to tie-in with 6-part prime-slot Channel 4 series presented by Matthew Collings.

An extensively revised and updated edition of this valuable account of contemporary art. It covers and illustrates all international trends and artists in the postwar era, including Neo-Expressionist tendencies, Post-Pop Blues, New Classicism, and art based on feminist and gay issues.

The most comprehensive monograph availabe on the eclectic career of Bernar Venet, pioneer of conceptual art and one of today's most compelling artists.

Featuring over 135 artists in A-Z entries, and a section about gallery representation and market prices, this guide describes what's happening and who's who in contemporary art.

* The Tipping Point or Freakonomics for the art world. * Will appeal to anyone interested in art, but also for anyone who has wondered 'yes, but, is it art?' * The first book to look at the economics and marketing strategies which power the contemporary art market

A thing of beauty is a joy forever - or at least until it kills you.

Chuck Close reinvented portraiture almost four decades ago with a series of nine-foot-tall, black-and-white likenesses of himself and fellow artists. This volume deals with various aspects of Close's career and to place them in a biographical context. It also reveals the extraordinary personality of the artist behind the work.

Four key historians present a comprehensive history of art from the past century, documenting through 100 essays presented in a year-by- year format key events that contributed to the changing of artistic traditions and the invention of new practices and forms, in a volume complemented by more than 6

The Use of Craft in Contemporary Art.

Examples of each artist's self-portraits are also represented and discussed.