Contemporary Sculpture: Artists' Writings and Interviews

Sculpture Now assembles essays, statements, interviews, letters, poems and other texts by artists from all over the world on sculpture as it has been developed and practiced from 1990 to the present. Illustrated with works by the contributing artists, this publication covers every facet of sculpture today: the processes used to create it, its various means of figuration and the growing number of exhibition venues now devoted to the medium. Edited by Julia Kelly and Jon Wood, and intended for a broad audience of artists, curators, art historians, students and art lovers, this volume will serve both as an important reference book as well as a source of inspiration. Artists represented include Edward Allington, Francis Alÿs, John Bock, Mel Brimfield, Anthony Caro, Jan de Cock, Tony Cragg, Matthew Crawley, Richard Deacon, Michael Dean, Mark Dion, Elmgreen and Dragset, Chris Evans, Katharina Fritsch, Ryan Gander, Francesco Gennari, Thomas Hirschhorn, Ilya Kabakov, Mike Kelley, Hew Locke, Sarah Lucas, Paul McCarthy, Jonathan Monk, Ron Mueck, Mike Nelson, Patricia Piccinini, Falke Pisano, Bettina Pousttchi, Marc Quinn, Gregor Schneider, Thomas Schütte, Roman Signer, Florian Slotawa, Kiki Smith, Bob and Roberta Smith, Didier Vermeiren, Franz West, Keith Wilson, Erwin Wurm and Carey Young. Read more