Introduction / Jeffrey Deitch -- Wrong figures / Alison M. Gingeras -- A counterhistory of figuration ; The fire emoji / Johanna Fateman -- Contemporary figuration. Nina Chanel Abney ; Njideka Akunyili Crosby ; Sascha Braunig ; Jordan Casteel ; Mathew Cerletty ; Eliza Douglas ; Celeste Dupuy-Spencer ; Janiva Ellis ; Jana Euler ; Jamian Juliano-Villani ; Cheyenne Julien ; Sanya Kantarovsky ; Ella Kruglyanskaya ; Austin Lee ; Tala Madani ; Sam McKinniss ; Ebecho Muslimova ; Toyin Ojih Odutola ; Jennifer Packer ; Nicolas Party ; Christina Quarles ; Tschabalala Self ; Amy Sherald ; Avery Singer ; Emily Mae Smith ; Lynette Yiadom-Boakye -- Reality crisis / Aria Dean
Summary:
"Figuration is one of the oldest art forms, but it continually evolves, along with our changing understanding of human identity. The artists featured here often source imagery from the Internet, and draw on aesthetics developed in Internet-first channels. Digital techniques and affordances are incorporated into rendering processes with traditional media: brushstrokes are more precise, lines are sharper, and color is more highly keyed. In these works, expressionism is located more in the composition than in the paint handling. This richly illustrated collection of figurative works is accompanied by texts that connect the present moment in painting to the early 1980s, when the emergence of artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Francesco Clemente, David Salle, and Julian Schnabel revitalized the art dialogue after the extended dissolution of Minimalism, and to its roots in the practice of painters like Picabia."--from Amazon.com
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