《推纸》重点介绍了20世纪70年代至今的56幅精选作品，研究了素描作为一种艺术创作方法持久存在的原因，并通过系统和过程，身份，地点和空间，时间和记忆，权力和抗议等主题探索了素描的生命力和根本性。这些广泛的主题建立图像之间的初始联系提供了空间，这将为所有的绘画从业者带来灵感。

在布里奇特•赖利艺术基金会（Bridget Riley Art Foundation）的支持下，本书展示了来自世界各地的重要当代艺术家的作品，包括菲利达•巴洛，路易丝•布尔乔亚，朱迪•芝加哥，阿德尔•道德，理查德•迪肯，塔西塔•迪安，彼得•多伊格，特蕾西•艾敏，理查德•汉密尔顿，雅各布El Hanani，David Hockney，Ellen Gallagher，Andrzej Jackowski，Anish Kapoor，Anselm Kiefer，Minjung Kim，Marcia Kure，Nja Mahdaoui，Sol LeWitt，Bahman Mohassess，David Nash，Eduardo Paolozzi，Cornelia Parker，Grayson Perry，Gerhard Richter，Bridget Riley ，苏珊•施瓦布（Susan Schwalb），哈米德•苏莱曼（Hamid Sulaiman），伊姆兰•库雷希（Imran Qureshi），哈伊拉•瓦希德（Hajra Waheed）和瑞秋•怀特里德（Rachel Whiteread），以及不太知名的艺术家的精彩作品。

因为面向的是素描的崇拜者以及艺术家和学生，《推纸》提供了对素描在当代艺术世界中地位的引人注目的分析。

Focusing on 56 selected works from the 1970s to today, Pushing paper examines why drawing has endured as a method of making art, and explores the vital and fundamental nature of drawing through themes such as systems and process, identity, place and space, time and memory, and power and protest. These broad themes allow for original connections to be made between images, which will inspire all practitioners of drawing.

Supported by the Bridget Riley Art Foundation, the book showcases work by major contemporary artists from around the world, including Phyllida Barlow, Louise Bourgeois, Judy Chicago, Adel Daoud, Richard Deacon, Tacita Dean, Peter Doig, Tracey Emin, Richard Hamilton, Jacob El Hanani, David Hockney, Ellen Gallagher, Andrzej Jackowski, Anish Kapoor, Anselm Kiefer, Minjung Kim, Marcia Kure, Nja Mahdaoui, Sol LeWitt, Bahman Mohassess, David Nash, Eduardo Paolozzi, Cornelia Parker, Grayson Perry, Gerhard Richter, Bridget Riley, Susan Schwalb, Hamid Sulaiman, Imran Qureshi, Hajra Waheed and Rachel Whiteread, as well as exciting works by lesser-known artists.

Aimed at admirers of drawing, and artists and students alike, Pushing paper provides an arresting analysis of the status of drawing in the world of contemporary art.