CREAM 3: 100 Artists, 10 Curators, 10 Source Artists

Description

Now in its third edition, "Cream 3" offers an authoritative view on the contemporary art world for today and tomorrow. Ten international curators, renowned experts in contemporary art, have each chosen ten artists whom they feel best exemplify what is happening in the contemporary art world today, and also those who will be the stars of the future. The 100 artists in "Cream 3" have risen to an international platform since 1997 or, in the opinion of the curators who have selected them, are about to do so. Each artist's work is represented in two double-page spreads, accompanied by a short biography and bibliography and a text by the curator who selected them. The variety of ideas and forms in contemporary art are presented in each artist's work alongside a brief text from the curator. This virtual exhibition of new art is preceded by a virtual conversation - an Internet discussion among the 10 curators - each a noted name involved in the staging of new developments in art. New to this edition of "Cream" is each curator's selection of a "Source" artist whom they feel has influenced or created the context for the new generation. These 10 "Source" artists provide a wider historical framework in which to view the new work.

Carolyn Christov Bakargiev is a curator and writer based in Turin and New York, Senior Curator at the Museo di Rivoli, Turn. Charles Esche is Director of the Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmo (Sweden). Yuko Hasegawa is Chief Curator at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, former curator of the Istanbul Biennale. Udo Kittelmann is Director of the Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt. Adriano Pedrosa is a curator and writer based in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, former co-curator of the Sao Paulo Biennale. Beatrix Ruf is Director of the Kunsthalle Zurich. Nancy Spector is a writer and Curator of Contemporary Art at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Hamza Walker is an art ciritic and Director of Education for The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago. Igor Zabel is Senior Curator at the Moderna galerija (Museum of Modern Art), Ljubljana, currently preparing a section of the 2003 Venice Biennale.

"It's a fine addition to the cream series, and one that budding Saatchis would do well to invest in before reaching for the cheque book."-GQ "A work of art in itself."-Creative Review "A beautiful chunky tome of a book... Art purists beware, this book is not for you: free thinking liberals you are free to embrace."-Fused