Vitamin C: Clay and Ceramic in Contemporary Art

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A global survey of 100 of today’s most important clay and ceramic artists, chosen by leading art world professionals.

Vitamin C celebrates the revival of clay as a material for contemporary visual artists, featuring a wide range of global talent as selected by the world’s leading curators, critics, and art professionals. Clay and ceramics have in recent years been elevated from craft to high art material, with the resulting artworks being coveted by collectors and exhibited in museums around the world. Packed with illustrations, Vitamin C is a vibrant and incredibly timely survey – the first of its kind.

Artists include: Caroline Achaintre, Ai Weiwei, Aaron Angell, Edmund de Waal, Theaster Gates, Marisa Merz, Ron Nagle, Gabriel Orozco, Grayson Perry, Sterling Ruby, Thomas Schütte, Richard Slee, Jesse Wine, and Betty Woodman.

Nominators include: Pablo Leon de la Barra, Iwona Blazwick, Mary Ceruti, Dan Fox, Jens Hoffmann, Christine Macel, James Meyer, Jed Morse, Beatrix Ruf, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Nancy Spector, Sheena Wagstaff, and Jonathan Watkins.

From the Publisher

The latest addition to the critically acclaimed and coveted Vitamin series – with more than a quarter of a million copies sold since the first publication of Vitamin P in 2002

Alice Mackler, Untitled, 2016, glaze, clay, 22.9 × 12.7 × 10.2 cm (9 × 5 × 4 in). Picture credit: Private collection, Los Angeles

Mai-Thu Perret, Les guérillères X, 2016, glazed ceramic, steel, epoxy, synthetic hair, cotton and polyester fabric, polyester resin, and steel base, 166.4 × 81.3 × 64.8 cm (65 ½ × 32 × 25 ½ in). Picture credit: Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA / Photo: Fredrik Nilsen

Betty Woodman, Aeolian Pyramid, 2001/2006, glazed earthenware, wood, paint, 381 × 426.7 × 254 cm (150 × 168 × 100 in). Picture credit: Courtesy the artist, Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie, Berlin, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, David, Kordansky gallery, Los Angeles, Salon 94, New York / Photo: Jeff Elstone

Taps into the current global trend toward celebrating and collecting ceramic art – one of the world’s most accessible mediums

A selection that readers can trust – 102 artists nominated by leading experts from the field

Specially commissioned texts about each artist accompany illustrations of their work

Introductory essay by Clare Lilley, director of programme at Yorkshire Sculpture Park and curator of Frieze London Sculpture Park

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Phaidon Press; Illustrated edition (October 2, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0714874604
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0714874609
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.35 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.25 x 1.38 x 11.75 inches

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