Vitamin D3 : Today's Best in Contemporary Drawing.
In English, hardcover, 112 pages, 252 x 294 x 29 mm. July 2022, Phaidon Press Ltd
The Phaidon 'Vitamin' series has long proved to be an extraordinarily accurate indicator of the stars of the future. This paperback edition of the latest volume is an innovative and indispensable survey of the best of contemporary design, selected by a panel of the world's leading art experts. Over the past 50 years, drawing has gone from a secondary role to a primary medium, equating with painting as a central art form. Since Phaidon's publication of the first studies of this kind (Vitamin D in 2005 and D2 in 2013), contemporary artists have continued to explore the possibilities of drawing--from intimate to large-scale works, in a variety of marking processes and materials.
Vitamin D3 features more than 100 such artists, nominated by a global panel of more than 70 international art experts. Among the more than 70 nominators are iconic figures such as: Iwona Blazwick, Louisa Buck, Mark Coetzee, Thelma Golden, Laura Hoptman, Geeta Kapur, Pablo Leon de la Barra, Christine Macel, Kate Macfarlane, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Zoe Whitley. The more than 100 artists selected include: Miriam Cahn, Robert Crumb, Tom Friedman, Tania Kovats, Claudette Johnson, Rashid Johnson, Otobong Nkanga, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Deanna Petherbridge, Christina Quarles, Qiu Zhijie, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Wael Shawky, Emma Talbot, and Johanna Unzuet.
Anna Lovatt wrote the introduction.
