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“…for the individual painter now, the burden is to claim something meaningful and lasting within this network and beyond. Not to extradite oneself entirely, but to at least subconsciously try to pursue an individual act of creation. Everything else in the moment is just noise—of youth and so much (too much?) culture, post-internet et al” —Excerpt from ‘Painting Regarding the Present’ Naives and Visionaries are proud to announce the publication ‘Painting Regarding the Present’, edited by André Hemer and designed by Anne Büttner. This intimate publication includes twenty-seven painters, each represented by a single painting made during 2016. ‘Painting Regarding the Present’ is a collection of paintings that can best be described as an esoteric yearbook of painting practice.

Included artists: Cornelia Baltes, Martin Basher, Ry David Bradley, Alice Browne, Catherine Clayton-Smith, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Dejan Dukic, Joanne Greenbaum, Kate Groobey, Ziggy Grudzinskas, Sebastian Haslauer, Flora Hauser, André Hemer, Celia Hempton, Ridley Howard, Judy Millar, David Ostrowski, Michael Pybus, Josh Reames, Titania Seidl, Travess Smalley, Yorgos Stamkopoulos, Kate Steciw, Kristian Sturi, Russell Tyler, Letha Wilson, Guy Yanai