{"product_id":"pushing-paper-contemporary-drawing-from-1970-to-now-9780500480540","title":"Pushing Paper: Contemporary Drawing from 1970 to Now","description":"\u003cp\u003eSubverting its former role as a primarily preparatory medium, drawing is enjoying a resurgence among contemporary artists and students. \u003cem\u003ePushing paper\u003c\/em\u003e examines why drawing has not only endured, but continues to thrive as an artistic expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e56 works, produced between the 1970s and the present day, are used to explore the vital and fundamental nature of drawing. Themes such as place and space, and power and protest, offer new lenses through which to view these major artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSupported by the Bridget Riley Art Foundation, this book explores the work of the world's most important contemporary artists, including Louise Bourgeois, Judy Chicago, Richard Deacon, Tracey Emin, David Hockney, Anish Kapoor, Anselm Kiefer, Cornelia Parker, Sol LeWitt, Grayson Perry, Bridget Riley, Imran Qureshi, and Rachel Whiteread, as well as exciting works by new and emerging artists, such as Hamid Sulaiman and Rachel Duckhouse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSure to appeal to admirers of drawing, and to artists and students alike, \u003cem\u003ePushing paper\u003c\/em\u003e provides an arresting analysis of the status of drawing in the world of contemporary art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeligman, Isabel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eIsabel Seligman\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Bridget Riley Art Foundation Exhibition Curator at the British Museum. Previous publications include \u003cem\u003eLines of thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to now\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\"Minimalism and conceptualism from the 1970s\" in The American Dream: pop to the present\u003c\/em\u003e, both published by Thames \u0026amp; Hudson in collaboration with the British Museum.","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50904314249490,"sku":"9780500480540","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_30533b3e-39c5-4053-953b-76efb0ec4782.jpg?v=1738514095","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pushing-paper-contemporary-drawing-from-1970-to-now-9780500480540","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}