TONY GODFREY

A lively introduction to and history of international contemporary art from 1960 to the present What does it mean Is it really art Why does it cost so much While these questions are perpetually asked about contemporary art they are not the questions that E H Gombrich set out to answer in his seminal book The Story of Art Contemporary art is very different from what came before From the 1960s where Gombrich s account concludes artists began to abandon traditional forms of art and started to make work that questioned art s very definition This is where Godfrey picks up the story Developments in contemporary art have followed no straightforward line of progress or sequence of movements Recognizing this Tony Godfrey creates a narrative from a series of often dramatic creative conflicts and arguments around what art is or should be From object versus sculpture and painting versus conceptual to local versus global gallery versus wider world The Story of Contemporary Art traces a history in terms of drastic changes in social and political life over the last sixty years How do we experience being human in a world that seems to change so quickly In exploring art s relationship to this question Godfrey asserts that multiple voices must be heard critics the

A lively and comprehensive overview of painting of the last 30 years, presenting work by such celebrated figures as Gerhard Richter and Neo Rauch, alongside emerging artists including Jumaldi Alfi and Ingrid Calame Photo-realism, landscape, still-life, portraiture, neo-expressionism, installation painting and the Leipzig school are just some of the areas of this thriving art medium explored by the author Works by 240 artists from more than 30 countries make this a truly global examination of what painting is, everywhere paintings are being made today Organized in themes, Painting Today showcases the broad range of styles, materials and methods that comprise contemporary painting Insightful and accessible, Tony Godfrey's approach will appeal to scholars and newcomers to the subject alike

Un estudio exhaustivo y ameno de la pintura de los últimos treinta años, que presenta la obra de figuras consagradas como Gerhard Richter y Neo Rauch junto con la de jóvenes valores como Jumaldi Alfi e Ingrid Calame El fotorrealismo, el paisaje, el bodegon, el retrato, el neoexpresionismo, las instalaciones de pintura o la escuela de Leipzig son solo algunos de los temas de este fascinante medio artistico que el autor explora Organizado por temas, abarca una amplia gama de estilos, materiales y metodos de la pintura contemporanea Perspicaz y asequible, el estudio de Tony Godfrey seducira por igual a los especialistas y a los aficionados a la pintura.Tony Godfrey es director de investigacion del Institute of Art de Sothebys. Se formo en la Universidad de Leeds y ha impartido clases en varias escuelas de arte de Gran Bretaña. Trabaja en el instituto de Sothebys desde 1989 y es profesor de bellas artes en la Universidad de Plymouth desde 2006. Experto en arte contemporaneo, entresus publicaciones destacan The New Image: Painting in the Eighties (1986), Drawing Today (1990) y Conceptual Art (1998), tambien publicada por Phaidon.

Conceptual Art A clear, extensive, concise and informative account of this fascinating phenomenon.A clear and engaging account of art where the idea behind the work is as important as, if not more than, its physical existence The first truly international account of Conceptual art, considering works from as far afield as Japan and Argentina, as well as the more well-known locations of Europe and America Covers the many forms of Conceptual art: photographs, videos, posters, billboards, charts, plans and even language itself Traces its origins to the anti-art gestures of Dada, as well as considering how artists have continued to adapt Conceptual strategies up to the present day Tony Godfrey is Programme Director of the MA in Contemporary Art at Sotheby's Institute, London. His books include New Image Painting in the 1980s and Drawing Today.

Un estudio exhaustivo y ameno de la pintura de los últimos treinta años, que presenta la obra de figuras consagradas como Gerhard Richter y Neo Rauch junto con la de jóvenes valores como Jumaldi Alfi e Ingrid Calame.- El fotorrealismo, el paisaje, el bodegon, el retrato, el neoexpresionismo, las instalaciones de pintura o la escuela de Leipzig son solo algunos de los temas de este fascinante medio artistico que el autor explora- Organizado por temas, abarca una amplia gama de estilos, materiales y metodos de la pintura contemporanea- Perspicaz y asequible, el estudio de Tony Godfrey seducira por igual a los especialistas y a los aficionados a la pintura