Vitamin D3, Today’s Best in Contemporary Drawing

Phaidon’s ‘Vitamin’ series has long proved an extraordinarily accurate predictor of tomorrow’s stars. This paperback edition of the latest volume is a cutting-edge and indispensable survey of the very best of contemporary drawing, as chosen by a panel of the world’s leading art experts

Over the past 50 years, drawing has been elevated from a supporting role to a primary medium, ranking alongside painting as a central art form. Since Phaidon’s publication of the first such surveys (Vitamin D in 2005 and D2 in 2013), contemporary artists have continued to explore drawing’s possibilities – from intimate to large-scale works, in a diversity of mark-making processes and materials. Vitamin D3 showcases more than 100 such artists, as nominated by a global panel of more than 70 international art experts.

The more than 70 nominators include such iconic figures as: Iwona Blazwick, Louisa Buck, Mark Coetzee, Thelma Golden, Laura Hoptman, Geeta Kapur, Pablo León de la Barra, Christine Macel, Kate Macfarlane, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Zoe Whitley.

The more than 100 selected artists include: Miriam Cahn, Robert Crumb, Tom Friedman, Tania Kovats, Claudette Johnson, Rashid Johnson, Otobong Nkanga, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Deanna Petherbridge, Christina Quarles, Qiu Zhijie, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Wael Shawky, Emma Talbot, and Johanna Unzueta.

Editorial Reviews

Financial Times, How to Spend It „Best New Art Books“ February 2021

„An exciting new collection from Phaidon sets out to prove that drawing is so much more than just a means to an end.“ – Elephant

„The book and its numerous examples aim to show how drawing has been elevated over the past 50 years.“ – Design Week

„[Vitamin D3] showcases the best of modern drawing.“ – i paper

„The series continues to demonstrate the unique scope of medium – not necessarily as yet another exercise in disciplinary definition, but instead through the efficacy and diversity of mark making.“ – Burlington Contemporary
– From the Publisher