Synopses & Reviews
This 400-page blockbuster, designed in close consultation with renowned contemporary art collector Charles Saatchi, showcases 250 workspaintings, constructions, sculpture, and photographyby 40 artists from across the U.S.A.
This is a new generation of American art; most of the works are less than two years old and focus on artists views of world events and Americas place in global society. Artists profiled include Banks Violette, Kelley Walker, Matthew Monahan, Terence Koh, Christoph Schmidberger, Inka Essenhigh, Dash Snow, Josephine Meckseper and many others. Together, in this stunning volume, they offer an astounding, controversial, and wide-ranging collection.
About the Author
Meghan Daily is an art historian and critic based in New York.Norman Rosenthal is Exhibitions Secretary of the Royal Academy of Arts. He worked together with Charles Saatchi on Sensation, London, Berlin, and New York, 1997.