Artists in Profile:
Contemporary Artists
by Rachel Barnes
Published by Heinemann Library
Key Stage 3

Is art what the artist says it is? Do you think that if an artists uses something he or she buys and then displays it, is it really art? This is the motivation behind much contemporary art.

This new book in the Heinemann Library's Artists in Profile series looks at the concepts behind contemporary art including Dada and Surrealism, Performance, Installations, Video and other forms now used by contemporary artists.

Written for children in the 11-14 year old range, Contemporary Artists contains concise biographies of some of the leading artists including Henry Moore, Claes Oldenburg and Rachel Whiteread. The author chronicles significant events in the artists' lives and discusses their work.

The book is beautifully illustrated, as we have come to expect from this excellent series, and contains good photographs of the artists and illustrations of some of their most important and interesting work. At the back of the book there is a Timeline showing the major events in the development of contemporary art. There is also a Glossary explaining difficult words and terms as well as a list of famous works by the artists covered by the book.

This, and the other books in the Artists in Profile series, give the reader an excellent grounding in the most notable art movements of the last 100 years and the Further Reading resource at the back encourages the reader to take it further.

Quick Facts
Title: Artists in Profile: Contemporary Artists

ISBN: 0431116539

Author: Rachel Barnes

Age Range: 11 to 14 year olds

Price: £11.99 (UK)

Pages: 64

Binding: Hardback

Publisher: Heinemann Library

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