The word "sculpture" is no longer used merely to refer to "dustable objects" located on a plinth; today the term is applied to works that can be comprised of materials as diverse as light, smoke, sound, electricity, the human body and the artist's own blood. While there are many books that attempt to survey contemporary art there are few that concentrate on sculpture. In a post-modern, highly digitised age, the term itself may seem to have outlived its relevance - yet, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, there is more work than ever being produced that can be defined as sculptural, much of it clearly making reference to a tradition that stretches back through pop and minimalism to the beginnings of modernism and beyond. There is clearly a need for an accessible guide to contemporary sculpture that also places the work of contemporary prationers within an art historical context.Beginning with an introductory chapter that asks, "What is sculpture? Who is a sculptor? Where is sculpture?" the author takes the reader on a tour of the possibilities of the medium and the ways it is being explored by international artists today.
Written by a leading authority on 20th century and contemporary sculpture, with discussion of the work of over 200 artists and extensive illustrations throughout, this will be the definitive guide for years to come.Sculptors discussed include Francis Alys, Richard Artschwager, Matthew Barney, Joseph Beuys, Louise Bourgeois, Eduardo Chillida, Richard Deacon, Thomas Demand, Tracey Emin, Antony Gormley, Duane Hanson, Damien Hirst, Martin Kippenberger, Tania Kovats, Christian Marclay, Paul McCarthy, Bruce Nauman, Nam June Paik, Marc Quinn, Tobias Rehburger, Richard Wentworth, and Andrea Zittel.
- ISBN10 1854377302
- ISBN13 9781854377302
- Publish Date 1 May 2009
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 July 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Tate Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 144
- Language English