中文简介：

本书探讨了世界各地的当代艺术家如何将绘画作为其实践的主要元素，有时甚至是**的元素，并将其视为自主目的而非达成其他媒介中目标的手段。在一个先进的技术时代，图像生产已经加速到可能超出人类注意力范围之外，因此手绘这种缓慢、审慎的过程是否还具有价值呢？

然而，在本卷中所展示的艺术作品并不局限于传统工具，人们也可以使用电脑、平板电脑或智能手机进行数字绘画。数字绘画被纳入叙事之中，并不是单独存在于某个类别之内。

本书按照具体方法对主题进行分组，包括抽象和具象、自然和人工、社会观察和批判等方面。每一部分都包含文章和专题展示，并涵盖了来自国际上背景与经验各异的艺术家作品集。这些艺术家既包括知名人士如迈克尔·阿米蒂奇、卡米尔·亨罗特、罗伯特·隆戈、艾米·西尔曼以及卡拉·沃克等，也包括许多新兴人才。

本书以视觉上吸引人且触感舒适流畅的格式呈现，并给读者带来了浏览艺术家作品集般的愉悦享受。

英文简介：

This book explores the variety of ways in which contemporary artists from around the world have come to approach drawing as the primary, sometimes the sole, element of their practice, and one which is autonomous: an end in itself rather than a means to an end in another, more substantial medium. In an era of advanced technologies where image production has accelerated – potentially beyond the capacity of human attention – what values can be attributed to the slow, deliberate process of drawing by hand?

The artworks featured in this volume are not confined to traditional tools – one can also draw on a computer, tablet or smartphone, and examples of digital drawing are incorporated into the narrative not as a separate category but as one medium among many. Grouped thematically by specific approaches, including abstraction and figuration, nature and artifice, social observation and critique, with essays and feature spreads for each section, this selection of international artists of diverse backgrounds and experience includes not only recognizable names such as Michael Armitage, Camille Henrot, Robert Longo, Amy Sillman and Kara Walker, but also a host of emerging talents.

Beautifully presented in a visually appealing and tactile format with the feel of an artist's portfolio, this is an inspiring overview of the best drawing practice today.