Bøker av Suzanne Hudson

Painting is a continually expanding and evolving form of creative expression. This book brings together more than 200 artists from around the world who are defining the painterly ideas and aesthetics of our time. It offers an analysis of the field, addressing such ideas as appropriation, attitude, the body, and painting about painting.

Dazzling and playful, Katherine Bernhardt’s paintings highlight her fascination with American pop vernacular, from Pokemon and the Pink Panther to Crocs and psilocybin mushrooms.“Bernhardt has always been impressive for her ability to combine the immediate, seductive properties of paint with the infectious humor of topical pop culture.” —Hyperallergic Bernhardt’s boundless visual appetite has established her as one of the most exciting painters working today. Thinking about the relationship between art, objects, and commerce, Bernhardt spotlights iconic motifs of cartoons and cultural symbols. Colors and lines bleed and pool together, revealing Bernhardt’s brisk and improvisational process. Monumental in size, subject matter, and vibrancy, her works demand attention. Expanding on the exhibition at David Zwirner, London, in 2022, this catalogue includes additional paintings and works on paper in which Bernhardt develops her ongoing body of work. With many details of paintings, this significant publication gives the artist’s work ample space to play. Suzanne Hudson’s essay considers Bernhardt’s work from an art-historical perspective and explores the artist’s work and life.

An international survey exploring the many ways in which painting is re-approached, re-imagined and challenged by today's artists.

From her early monumental targets, through canvases studded with real shells and starfish, to her recent neon-appended panels whose atmospheres of roiling color foreground the painting process itself, Weatherford's works argue forcibly and convincingly for the engagement of painting with contemporary life. Suzanne Hudson's text reveals a singularly inventive artist.