Offering an overview of contemporary painting, this work enquires how we experience its images, what they mean and why the practice remains vital. It presents the work of painters organized by themes that have long been central in the genre - ranging from still life and landscape to abstraction and installation.

What can an art object tell us about its meaning today and at its execution? Can we 'read' artefacts to find out why they were made and for whom? What do they reveal about their context and how has their value changed over the years? This book presents thirteen essays that address these questions.

Home Ground presents paintings and drawings exhibited by Virginia Bodman between 2002 and 2007. The four essays critically reflect on the locations explored in the work the Wiltshire landscape, the North East coastline and the undersea.

The first monograph on this artist, tracing and documenting Chevska's rich and complex work through texts and illustrations.

Featuring the work of American and European artists, this book traces the history of conceptual art from its origins in the Dada movement through to its current practitioners. It offers an accessible explanation of the phenomenon rooted in a social context. Aimed at A level and undergraduate students, as well as the general reader.