Acrylic, block print, andscreen print on linen, 72 x 120 inches (182.9 x 304.8 cm). A Landscape to Swallow You Whole, 2011. Van Scoy), we take a look at eight contemporary artists pushing the medium forward.īorn 1978, Miami, FL, USA. Excerpted from the book (and written by Robert R. Maybe the genre is more vital now than it every has been-or that's what is seems like between the covers of Landscape Painting Now, a new book edited by Todd Bradway, written by Barry Schwabsky, and published by D.A.P. Deeply entrenched in a long and storied history, contemporary landscape artists also contend with the future-a future saddled with global warming and environmental catastrophe, as well as our increasingly virtual spaces. But landscape painting's seemingly tired reputation makes it a fertile genre for innovation. "Landscape painting" may call to mind the work of Sunday painters, distant relatives, and stale hotels-nothing the least bit contemporary.
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