This sixth volume in the Current Masters series presents 72 supremely talented contemporary artists. We believe that their work will become much sought after by collectors and museums. In some cases, it already is.
While the United States is well-represented in this book with 32 artists hailing from these shores or living there, 22 other countries are also represented, covering almost every region of the globe. So, as in all our other books, this one too is a truly global display of artistic talent.
While painting has pride of place, this book also features some sublimely beautiful sculpture, photography, drawing, digital art and mixed media, as well as other media, such as textile art.
In short, we present here a very worthy piece in the huge global mosaic of contemporary art that we are compiling.
Looking over the draft of Important World Artists Volume 5, we were blown away by the quality of the book. This may be due in some part to the graphic design, but of course it is first and foremost the result of the diverse and unique talents of the artists
The Important World Artists series was intended to present the work of noteworthy contemporary artists at the peak of their career. With this book especially, we think we have achieved this. Volume 5 of the series presents 94 artists who work in almost all of the media of the plastic fine arts - painting, drawing, mixed media, sculpture, installations, photography, digital art and more. And as usual in our books, almost every region of the world is represented.
We believe that this volume, as our previous ones, will constitute an invaluable sourcebook for curators, art consultants, gallery directors, interior designers, other art professionals, and also educators and students, as well as for art lovers everywhere.
“This volume is the 14th in the International Contemporary Masters series, our oldest art anthology. To date, World Wide Art Books has published a total of 28 anthologies, which we think is a not inconsiderable achievement for an art publisher.
In all these books, we have presented the work of nearly 4000 artists from nearly every part of the world, and have helped to launch many careers.
When we started this collection of books back in 2006, it was our conviction that there are no longer centers of gravity in the art world or dominant schools of schools of art. Rather, art has become decentralized and diffused all over the world, as it was long, long ago, but now it has become hugely varied, in genres, concept and approaches. To approach this enormous and extremely variegated mass, we decided to create an ongoing chronicle, each piece of which we would try to make as inhomogeneous and varied as possible, in genre, style, and origins of the artists.
After so many books and the acceptance the books have met with, we feel that our approach has been vindicated. The books have become a recognized standard, a resource for art professionals, collectors, art lovers and teachers.
We trust that this fourteenth volume of our oldest series will not disappoint. We present here the works of some 66 artists, each very different, and as usual from every part of the world. Some are quite well-known and established, others are just beginning their careers. But what each possesses is an original creative vision, and a proficiency in their chosen medium. Each deserves further examination and attention.
