Author:
Mullins, Charlotte.
Publisher:New York : D.A.P./Distributed Art Pubs., 2006.
Description:192 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Note:Originally published: London : Thames & Hudson, 2006.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 187) and index.
Note:Introduction -- 1. The figure unravelled -- Chuck Close -- Yi Chen -- Mika Kato -- Philip Akkerman -- Margherita Manzelli -- Jenny Saville -- Cicily Brown -- Lucian Freud -- Lisa Yuskavage -- Chantal Joffe -- Nicola Tyson -- Marlene Dumas -- Yan Pei-Ming -- Mari Sunna -- Barnaby Furnas -- Rezi Van Lankveld -- 2. The urban condition -- Thomas Eggerer -- Jules de Balincourt -- Geraint Evans -- Martin Maloney -- James Rielly -- Mathew Cerletty -- Eric Fischl -- Dawn Mellor -- Elizabeth Peyton -- Muntean and Rosenblum -- Jun Hasegawa -- Djamel Tatah -- 3. Other worlds -- Rui Matsunaga -- Henning Kles -- Peter Doig -- Andrew Guenther -- Daniel Richter -- Hernan Bas -- Kaye Donachie -- Mamma Andersson -- Milena Dragicevic -- Inka Essenhigh -- Aya Takano -- Raqib Shaw -- Wangechi Mutu -- Chris Ofili -- 4. Folk tales -- Christoph Ruckhäberle -- Jocelyn Hobbie -- Brian Calvin -- Ridley Howard -- Holly Coulis -- Dana Schutz -- George Condo -- Amy Cutler -- Chéri Samba -- Laylah Ali -- Marcel Dzama -- Neo Rauch -- Norbert Bisky -- Jörg Lozek --
Note:5. The past deconstructed -- Luc Tuymans -- Wilhelm Sasnal -- Eberhard Havekost -- Neal Tait -- Michaël Borremans -- Zhang Xiaogang -- Anna Bjerger -- Glenn Brown -- Mathew Weir -- John Currin -- Richard Wathen -- Bénédicte Peyrat -- Rosson Crow -- Artists' biographies -- Select bibliography -- List of illustrations -- Index.
Note:Sixty-nine artists are profiled. Included in the group are Chuck Close, Lucian Freud, and Eric Fischl.
