Publisher's Synopsis
Art in the Millennium is only just beginning to reflect the great diversity of humanity's dreams and realities at this most dynamic point in our species' history. There now exists a democracy of production and artists can be photographers, film-makers, installationists, architects, designers, personalities even. Some of them still paint and sculpt as well. Previously marginalized voices, both socially and geographically, are making themselves heard, alongside the huge expansion in artist-led studio spaces and exhibition sites.;This volume is a virtual gallery, a massive trawl through the international art world, with an A-Z of the biggest names, the rising stars and the new kids on the block. All they share is a willingness to experiment, a desire to find new forms of expression helpful to our increasingly complex times. Araki, Calle, the Chapmans, Dumas, Gonzalez-Torres, Hatoum, Hirst, Koons, the list goes on. Clearly presented images, summary biographies and useful quotes all serve to fill in the blanks on background. Multi-media, multi-disciplinary, this books aims to be a one-stop shop for all that's hot to trot in the art of the future.
