Vitamin D2 is a rather gorgeous new book published by Phaidon offering “new perspectives in drawing,” as per its title. “Drawing has recently experienced a renewal of importance in the art world,” says the publisher. “In fact, it has rarely been as widely represented in the biennials, art fairs, and exhibitions as it is now.”
Publishing in March, Vitamin D2: New Perspectives in Drawing is the sequel to 2005’s Vitamin D, and like its older sibling is an impressively comprehensive collection of contemporary drawing selected by art-world professionals such as Lynne Cooke, Thelma Golden, Christine Macel, Jessica Morgan, Bob Nickas, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Scott Rothkopf, Beatrix Ruf, Barry Schwabsky, and Nancy Spector, with a focus on the relevance of drawing as an artistic medium in the 21st century.
Alongside the book’s beautiful and wide-ranging collection of imagery, it also features texts by international critics, art historians, and creative writers. The book showcases more than 500 works by Charles Avery, Pablo Bronstein, Paul Chan, Ewan Gibbs, Cameron Jamie, Aleksandra Mir, Amalia Pica, Imran Qureshi, and Adrián Villar Rojas, amongst others.