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New Elements in Abstract PaintingA comprehensive guide to contemporary abstract painting. It organizes 80 artists into 6 chapters: 'Hybrid Pictures/Image-as-Abstraction'; 'Rhythm and Opticality'; 'Colour and Structure'; 'Found/Eccentric Abstraction'; 'Form, Space and Scale'; and, 'The Act of Painting'. It is suitable for curators, critics, artists and collectors.Painting is more popular than ever. Collectors and museum goers can't seem to get enough, with record auction prices and blockbuster exhibitions cementing the medium's priveleged position in the public heart. Most of the attention around painting in recent years has focused on figuration, leaving abstraction a site for free experimentation. During those years abstract painting has developed a rich complexity that more than ever rewards careful viewing. "Painting Abstraction" is the first comprehensive guide to contemporary abstract painting published in years. Beginning with a 4,000-word introduction that puts the subject in historical context, curator Bob Nickas introduces the reader to the key issues in contemporary abstraction. He goes on to organize 80 artists into six chapters: 'Hybrid Pictures/Image-as-Abstraction'; 'Rhythm and Opticality'; 'Colour and Structure'; 'Found/Eccentric Abstraction'; 'Form, Space and Scale'; and, 'The Act of Painting'. Each artist's work is illustrated in lavish full-colour images and accompanied by a text that leads the reader through the paintings in language both accessible and illuminating.; The product of extensive new research and several dozen studio visits with artists around the world, Nickas' text brings out the key details and distinctions in their work, creating a vivid picture of a field awash in creative innovation. "Painting Abstraction" is an essential reference tool for curators, critics, artists and collectors, and a major statement on the future of painting from one of contemporary art's most respected curators.Introduction: The Persistence of Abstraction Chapter 1: Hybrid Pictures (Kristin Baker, Lisa Beck, Alex Brown, Jules de Balincourt, Tomory Dodge, Jacob Feige, Chris Finley, Wayne Gonzalez, Alex Hay, Carrie Moyer, Elizabeth Neel, David Ratcliff, Wilhelm Sasnal, Chris Vassell) Chapter 2: Rhythm and Opticality (Karin Davie, Philippe Decrauzat, Xylor Jane, David Malek, Anja Schwoerer, James Siena, Esther Stocker, Philip Taaffe, John Tremblay, Dan Walsh, Chuck Webster) Chapter 3: Colour and Structure (Mike Cloud, Joanne Greenbaum, Mary Heilmann, Daniel Hesidence, Alison Miller, Odili Donald Odita, Ann Pibal, Bernd Ribbeck, Ruth Root, Alan Uglow, Stanley Whitney, Jens Wolf) Chapter 4: Found/Eccentric Abstraction (John Armleder, Richard Aldrich, Monika Baer, Agnieszka Brzezanska, Francis Baudevin, Daan Van Golden, Chris Johanson, Tony Just, Marta Marce, Monique Prieto, Alex Ross, Amy Sillman) Chapter 5: Form, Space and Scale (Tomma Abts, Varda Caivano, Kim Fischer, Katharina Grosse, Bill Komoski, Alex Kwartler, Chris Martin, Julie Mehretu, Katy Moran, Olivier Mosset, Steven Parrino, Peter Peri, Thomas Scheibitz, Clare Woods) Chapter 6: The Act of Painting (Bernard Frize, Wade Guyton, Jacqueline Humphries, Nathan Hylden, Charline von Heyl, Jutta Koether, Michael Krebber, Anselm Reyle, Josh Smith, Rudolf Stingel, Kelley Walker, Christopher Wool, Heimo Zobernig)