100 painters of tomorrow

Beers, the Canadian-born director of Beers.Lambert Contemporary in the UK, felt that there were too few opportunities for emerging painters to exhibit their work. So he organized the "100 Painters of Tomorrow" Project, together with publisher Thames & Hudson, with the winners to be included in this catalog. A panel of curators, artists, and collectors judged entries via open admission, working, in Beers's words, to "locate and identify some of the most exciting, international emerging painters at work today." Given the inherently subjective nature of quality, of the art process, and of art appreciation, it might be impossible to say whether the undertaking succeeded. There's no question, though, that this is a diverse selection. Thirty-seven countries are represented as well as myriad styles and ideas encompassing realism, abstraction, multimedia, sculptural approaches, and more. The ones that can't easily be pinned down stylistically are the most intriguing. VERDICT Collectors, real or aspiring, will enjoy browsing this title; educators and students should make new discoveries. Complementary titles for readers pursuing this topic include the "Vitamin P" series from Phaidon and the catalog of a recent show at New York's Museum of Modern Art, The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World.-Michael Dashkin, New York (c) Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.