Picturing People. The New State of the Art. Charlotte Mullins
published by Thames & Hudson, London 2015
"In this companion to 2006’s Painting People, art critic Charlotte Mullins explores the latest wave of figurative art in the contemporary marketplace, both celebrating individual artists and contemplating why figuration has become popular yet again. […] Figurative art is a broad subject, but Mullins’s astute overview pairs powerfully with the selected images, offering a perceptive argument for the enduring range and power of figuration into the 21st century."
192 pages, 70 artists, Hardcover
"The companion to the bestselling Painting People explores the most exciting artists working with the figure today."
Featuring: Cindy Sherman, Kara Walker, Gillian Wearing, Lorna Simpson, Adrian Ghenie, Kerry James Marshall, Yang Shaobin,
Nicole Eisenman, Christopher Orr, Tilo Baumgärtel, Ruprecht von Kaufmann, Nigel Cooke, Annelies Strba and many others (70 artists)