Vitamin D : new perspectives in drawing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Introduction / Emma Dexter -- D-L Alvarez -- Francis Al{uml}ys -- Ryoko Aoki -- Kaoru Arima -- Silvia B{uml}achli -- Devendra Banhart -- Anna Barriball -- Shannon Bool -- Micha{uml}el Borremans -- Andrea Bowers -- Jesse Bransford -- Fernando Bryce -- Cai Guo-Qiang -- Ernesto Caivano -- Los Carpinteros -- Raimond Chaves -- Sandra Cinto -- Russell Crotty -- Roberto Cuoghi -- John Currin -- Amy Cutler -- Jeff Davis -- Tacita Dean -- Trisha Donnelly -- Marlene Dumas -- Sam Durant -- Marcel Dzama -- Memed Erdener -- Simon Evans -- Simon Faithfull -- Spencer Finch -- Urs Fischer -- Roland Flexner -- Ellen Gallagher -- Matt Greene -- Joseph Grigely -- Anna Sigmond Gudmundsdottir -- Daniel Guzmán -- Sebastian Hammw{uml}ohner -- Trenton Doyle Hancock -- Bj{uml}orn Hegardt -- Arturo Herrera -- Nobuya Hoki -- Christian Holstad -- Huang Yong Ping -- Dean Hughes -- Gareth James -- Yun-Fei Ji -- Chris Johanson -- Kerstin Kartscher -- William Kentridge -- Toba Khedoori -- Dr. Lakra -- Michael Landy -- Ricardo Lanzarini -- Graham Little -- Mark Lombardi -- Mindaugas Lukosaitis -- Marco Maggi -- Frank Magnotta -- Mark Manders -- Yuri Masnyj -- Dominic McGill -- Julie Mehretu -- Jean-Fran{cedil}cois Moriceau and Petra Mrzyk -- Claudia and Julia M{uml}uller -- Dave Muller -- Vik Muniz -- David Musgrave.

Wangechi Mutu -- Yoshitomo Nara -- Paul Noble -- Jockum Nordstr{uml}om -- Glexis Novoa -- Roman Ondák -- Robyn O'Neil -- Gabriel Orozco -- Pavel Pepperstein -- Peter Peri -- Dan Perjovschi -- Raymond Pettibon -- Elizabeth Peyton -- Chloe Piene -- Fernando Renes -- Robin Rhode -- Frances Richardson -- Matthew Ritchie -- Silke Schatz -- Anne-Marie Schneider -- Serse -- Steven Shearer -- David Shrigley -- Simone Shubuck -- James Siena -- Shahzia Sikander -- Lucy Skaer -- Torsten Slama -- Josh Smith -- Zak Smith -- Nedko Solakov -- Hayley Tompkins -- Susan Turcot -- Banks Violette -- Amelie von Wulffen -- Kara Walker -- Olav Westphalen -- Richard Wright -- Katharina Wulff -- Daniel Zeller -- Biographies -- Index.

"Drawing has recently experienced a renewal of importance in the art world and has rarely been as widely represented in biennials, art fairs, and exhibitions as it is now. Similar in concept, scope, and structure to Phaidon's successful volume Vitamin P, Vitamin D presents, in A-Z order, the work of 109 artists who have emerged internationally since 1990. All use drawing as a primary medium. Whether representational or abstract, small or large in scale, using only one line or rich in colors and pattern, drawings have a highly descriptive and meticulously detailed quality that is being explored by an increasing number of contemporary artists. Extending beyond images traditionally associated with this medium, Vitamin D illustrates the complexity, variety, and relevance of the practice of drawing today."--Jacket.

Some texts translated from French and Italian.