Prime: Art's Next Generation

by Phaidon Press

The most exciting rising stars in contemporary art – who’s who and what’s next – featuring 107 artists born since 1980, as chosen by a new generation of art experts and leaders This stunningly illustrated survey brings together more than 100 of the most innovative and interesting contemporary artists working across all media and spanning the globe. These are tomorrow’s art superstars as chosen by the future leaders of the art the curators, writers, and academics with their fingers on the pulse of contemporary art and culture.  Artists featured  Lawrence Abu Hamdan; Farah Al Qasimi; Korakrit Arunanondchai; Firelei Báez; Meriem Bennani; Amoako Boafo; Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley; Jordan Casteel; Jesse Darling; Jadé Fadojutimi; Louis Fratino; Lauren Halsey; Kudzanai-Violet Hwami; Joy Labinjo; Lina Lapelyte; Carolyn Lazard; Ad Minoliti; Tyler Mitchell; Toyin Ojih Odutola; Ima-Abasi Okon; Thao Nguyen Phan; Christina Quarles; Tschabalala Self; Paul Mpagi Sepuya; Shen Xin; Avery Singer; Martine Syms; Salman Toor; Zadie Xa The 100+ nominators originate from institutions  Baltimore Museum of Art; Bellas Artes Projects (Manila); ESPAC (Mexico City); The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre (Ho Chi Minh City); KW Institute for Contemporary Art (Berlin); MoMA (New York); Museo de Arte Moderno (Medellín); Museums Victoria (Melbourne); RAW Material Company (Dakar); Sharjah Art Foundation; Studio Museum in Harlem (New York); Tai Kwun Contemporary (Hong Kong); Tate Modern (London); Whitechapel Gallery (London); Whitney Museum of American Art (New York); and X Museum (Beijing)

Genres: Art

448 pages, Paperback

Published May 25, 2022

About the author

Phaidon Press is a global publisher of books on art, architecture, design, fashion, photography, and popular culture, as well as cookbooks, children's books, and travel books. The company is based in London and New York City, with additional offices in Paris and Berlin. -wikipedia

Reviews

[Servabo · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book showcases more than 100 of the most distinctive and innovative young artists from around the world working today. Born between 1980 and 1995, their age range roughly aligns with the millennial generation, a designation once used principally as a marketing demographic but which has now come to encapsulate a cultural sensibility shared by those who grew up in tandem with the internet and came of age in the nascent years of social media. In taking this slice of the contemporary art world, readers are invited to explore the similarities and differences in the work of international artists whose most immediate connection is the historical moment they jointly occupy.

And so many of these artists live in Brooklyn, New York!

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

While Dall-E snags magazine cover design jobs and online praise, a new generation of emerging artists are nowhere nearly as well known as they should be. Put down your computer-generated make-up mag and pick up Prime: Art’s Next Generation, published recently by Phaidon.

Organized like an encyclopedia but with each entry rendered as a story, Prime collects the work of 100 artists from around the world, born between 1980 and 1995. Their work spans installations, painting, sculpture and performance and the visual styles are as diverse as their origins.