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Who's Who in Visual Art . 101 Top Fine Artists of Our Day . 2017-2018
Editorial
Who’s Who in Visual Art celebrates its 10th anniversary.
100 Top Fine Artists of Our Day appears as a hymn to the uplifting beauty of art, in the spirit of
Delacroix’s famous words: “Le premier mérite d’un tableau est d’être une fête pour l’oeil.” (“The
primary merit of a painting is to be a feast for the eye.”) The volume comprises an excellent
selection of living protagonists of the classic fine arts, which will bring the greatest delight to each
true lover and connoisseur of art.
If you look around today’s stages of the art market – the big and the smaller ones – it becomes all
too apparent that the ideals that used to be decisive, such as aesthetic standard, craftsmanship
and genuine search for truth, are obviously not recognised any more in the fine arts of our days,
but are rather even frowned upon.
In fact: Like on all levels of our Western culture, an ominous spirit has replaced values that from
time immemorial had been considered as beneficial and good with inferior ones. This spirit has also
taken root in the arts and posits these destructive qualities as being desirable and good. A
symptom of an afflicted culture.
It is fortunate and encouraging that worldwide you can still find a large number of artists beyond
this ominous mainstream, who, through their presence and creative work, continue to spread
something of the positive values so fundamental to true art.
Since its first edition, Who’s Who in Visual Art has been committed to those artists and as the
editor of this beautiful anniversary edition, 100 Top Fine Artists of Our Day, I see the endeavour of
the publishing house and my own confirmed once more. The title is well established and has
achieved a special status over the past 10 years, being a guide for many art-relevant bodies such
as gallery owners, curators and art collectors.
Ulrich Goette Himmelblau
September 2016
Details:
Hardcover: 240 pages . Size: 21,8 x 19,8 x 1,7 cm
Language: English, German
ISBN-13: 978-3-9817701-2-4