Barry Schwabsky Book order (chronological)

Depictions of the natural world in painting are increasingly urgent, reflecting our technological present and environmental concerns. Contemporary landscape painting encompasses a range of styles, from traditional perceptual approaches to gestural abstraction that merges form and space. Despite the significance of this genre, a comprehensive publication has been lacking—until now. This extensive work is the first to showcase the finest contemporary landscape paintings, featuring artists from nearly twenty-five countries and spanning seven decades. It highlights some of the most prominent figures in today’s art scene. An introductory essay by Barry Schwabsky delves into the history of landscape painting, tracing its evolution through the 20th century to the present and emphasizing its growing relevance. Schwabsky also challenges conventional definitions of landscape painting, aiming to broaden the understanding of the genre. The book is organized into sections that include Realism and Beyond, Post-Pop Landscapes, New Romanticism, Constructed Realities, Complicated Vistas, and Abstracted Topographies, complemented by artists’ biographies. This publication is a significant contribution to the discourse on contemporary landscape painting, celebrating its diversity and depth.

A collection of writings on art by Barry Schwabsky. “Many consider Barry Schwabsky to be the critic on painting today, even if he does write copiously on other art forms,” write editors Rob Colvin and Sherman Sam in their foreword to this selection of Schwabsky's writings. Written since the turn of the millennium, the texts in The Oberver Effect include meditations on the broader context of painting today alongside reflections on such well-known American painters as Alex Katz, Kerry James Marshall, Nicole Eisenman, and Dana Schutz, as well as practitioners from Europe and beyond—Bernard Frize, Tal R, and Ha Chonghyun among them. As Colvin and Sam point out, the book “documents a dialogue between abstraction and the image” in which “images serve less to represent their described subject than to articulate the sort of painting each one desires to be.”

A dynamic overview of the best new contemporary painting from around the world. The first volume of Vitamin P, published in 2002, inaugurated a vibrant period for painting. Since its publication, a whole new generation of painters has emerged, some inspired by the artists who appeared in that book, others taking cues from new sources. Vitamin P2 introduces this new wave of painters to the world. The vast medium of painting continues to be a central pillar of artistic practice, and Vitamin P2 presents the outstanding artists who are currently engaging with and pushing the boundaries of the medium. Over 80 international critics, artists and curators have nominated the 115 artists who have made a fresh, unique or innovative contribution to recent painting. All of the artists in Vitamin P2 have recently emerged onto the international scene, and none appeared in the first Vitamin P. An introduction by Barry Schwabsky, who also wrote the introduction for Vitamin P, provides a broad overview of recent developments in the medium while also looking towards its future.

The twenty book reviews and essays in this new title from Barry Schwabsky, longtime art critic for The Nation, were written across as many years and for as wide a breadth of publications. Though originally conceived as a book of essays on painting, Schwabsky s diverse interests in literary theory (he cites giants Paul de Man and Roland Barthes as influences) and philosophy bring new perspectives to this collection. Walter Benjamin s views on color, E. H. Gombrich s theory of perception, Mel Bochner s and Liz Kotz s narratives of Conceptualism, and Sarah Thornton s peregrinations in the art world are but a few of the topics explored. In an era of hyper-specialization and rigid academic protocols, Barry Schwabsky revives a form of criticism one imagined barely existed a criticism of varied interests and passionate opinions.

The first volume of Vitamin P, published in 2002, inaugurated a vibrant period for painting. Since its publication, a whole new generation of painters has emerged, some inspired by the artists who appeared in that book, others taking cues from new sources.? Vitamin P2: New Perspectives in Painting introduces this new wave of painters to the world.The vast medium of painting continues to be a central pillar of artistic practice, and Vitamin P2 presents the outstanding artists who are currently engaging with and pushing the boundaries of the medium. Over 80 international critics, artists and curators have nominated the 115 artists who have made a fresh, unique or innovative contribution to recent painting. All of the artists in Vitamin P2 have recently emerged onto the international scene, and none appeared in the first Vitamin P.An introduction by Barry Schwabsky, who also wrote the introduction for Vitamin P, provides a broad overview of recent developments in the medium while also looking towards its future.

With her classically formal clay and bronze sculptures, London-based Rebecca Warren positions herself within the predominantly male figurative tradition, which includes Degas and Rodin, while maintaining the contemporary stance of questioning her predecessors' authority. Here she presents new works alongside well-known pieces from throughout her career.

From January 2005, the Saatchi Gallery, London, will hold an exhibition devoted entirely to painting, opening with works by some of the most influential European artists of our time, followed by works of a newer generation. The Triumph of Painting marks this project and should stand as the definitive book of current art.

Presents the work of 114 contemporary artists in an A-Z sequence.

Published on the occasion of the Mel Bochner Drawings 1966-1973 at Lawrence Markey Gallery, New York, 80 pp., texts by Barry Schwabsky & Mel Bochner, B&W reproductions, soft bound, Lawrence Markey, Inc., New York, 1998.