
The Forever Now
Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World
Laura Hoptman(Author)
Museum of Modern Art (Publisher)
Published on 17. November 2014
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-0-87070-912-8 (ISBN)
Description
Timeless Painting presents the work of 17 contemporary painters whose works reflect a singular approach that is peculiarly of our time: they are a-temporal, a term coined by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling, the originators of the cyberpunk aesthetic. A-temporality or timelessness manifests itself in painting as an ahistoric free-for-all, where contemporaneity as an indicator of new form is nowhere to be found, and all eras co-exist. Published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art that explores the impact of this cultural condition on contemporary painting, this publication features work by an international roster of artists including Joe Bradley, Kerstin Braetsch, Matt Connors, Nicole Eisenman, Mark Grotjahn, Charline von Heyl, , Julie Mehretu, Oscar Murillo, Laura Owens and Josh Smith, among others. An overview essay by curator Laura Hoptman is divided into thematic chapters that explore topics such as re-animation and reenactment, recontextualization, 'Zombie' painting, and the concomitant 'Frankenstein approach', which describes a process of stitching together pieces of the history of painting to create a work of art that would be dead but for its juxtaposed parts, all working in association with one another to propel the work into life.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Illustrations
Illustrated in colour throughout
Dimensions
Height: 312 mm
Width: 248 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1437 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87070-912-8 (9780870709128)
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Person
Laura Hoptman is Curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.