The work of 43 realist artists, along with Q&A insights, connect us with contemporary painting that's “disrupted” stylistically, thematically, or both. 

Foreword by artist Nicholas Wilton, founder of Art2Life.

Profoundly shaped by the events, forces, and overflow of today's disjointed, social-media-heavy life, the 43 diverse and global realist artists in this book feature paintings that are “disrupted” stylistically, thematically, or sometimes both.

Accompanying the over 300 images in this book are artists' insights, to appreciate how responding to life’s disruptions engages the artistic imagination. You'll be instantly absorbed by their comments presented in an engaging question-and-answer style. Artists include Casey Baugh, Jenny Saville, Joseph Lee, Ruprecht von Kaufmann, Justin Mortimer, and dozens more. 

The book opens with a special essay on artist Jenny Saville, who has inspired many contemporary representational artists to disrupt their art. Art writer and curator John Seed, the foremost authority on disrupted realism, is the perfect author and subsequent guide to help us appreciate how art relates to the "super-fast, simultaneous, almost dizzyingly paced scrolling" of our lives.


PRAISE FOR MORE DISRUPTION...

"Elegant and visually splendid . . . a tour de force."

—Michael Shnayerson, author of Boom: Mad Money, Mega Dealers, and the Rise of Contemporary Art[AuthorName]By John Seed and Foreword by Nicholas Wilton[/AuthorName][AuthorBio]

John Seed is an art writer and curator, and professor emeritus of art and art history at Mount San Jacinto College in Southern California. The author of Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World, the groundbreaking book on the phenomenon, Seed has written for the Huffington Post, Art Ltd, Arts of Asia, Hyperallergic, and more. He lives in Cambria, California. Instagram: @johnalbertseed

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