This is the first contemporary art book devoted to a subject that has huge contemporary appeal – the mushroom. Fungi been at the core of ritual, power and ideas around spirituality and strength for thousands of years. They are a catalyst for human understanding today. In recent years, the mushroom has become the inspiration for new models of contemporary art, politics, technology, economics, and design.
This book, edited by curator Francesca Gavin, will include work inspired by mushrooms in fine art, fashion, design, architecture, science, and technology. Alongside artworks in more traditional media such as photography, painting, sculpture, ceramics, collage and film, the compendium would also include mushroom ephemera, science imagery, graphics, illustration, fashion designers, furniture, and architecture.
Includes works by:
Adham Faramawy , Alex Crocker, Alex Morrison, Alexander Binder, Alonsa Guevara, Amanda Cobbett, Andrea Pinheiro, Andreas Rüthi, Angelo Plessas, Annie Ratti, Arik Roper, Aviva Silverman, Bella Ormseth, Ben Jeans Houghton, Ben Noam, Bianca Bondi, Blunt Action, Brian Degraw, Carsten Höller, Cody Hudson, Dale M. Reid, Daniel David Freeman, Daniel Gordon, Daniel K. Sparkes, Daniel Philosoph, David Fenster, David Shrigley, David Surman, Deanne Cheuk, Diana Policarpo, Douglas Melini, Dylan Odbert, Emma Löfström, Emily Mae Smith, Florian Haas, Geertje Geertsma, Ghislaine Leung, Graham Little, Haas Brothers, Hamish Pearch, Hannah Collins, Haroon Mirza, Henry Hudson, Ingrid Britta, Jeremy Shaw, Jo Ratcliffe, Joep Van Liefland, Johanne Hestvold, John Kleckner, Jon Burgerman, Jon Cowan, Jonathan Zawada, Katherine Bernhardt, Kinke Kooi, Kristel Peters, Lara Ogel, Laurence Owen, Levack and Lewandowski, Liz Craft, Mae-ling Lokko, Marcin Zawicki, Mark Scott Wood, Marzena Abrahamik, Mathieu Corbie, Matt Jones, Mathias de Lattre, MycoLyco, Natasha Lawes, Nicolas Party, Paulina Ołowska, Pentagram, Perks and Mini, Philip Groezinger, Richard Hughes, Sachiko Morita, Salvatore Arancio, Sara Hurley, Sarah Staton, Scorpion Dagger, Seamus Heidenreic, Seana Gavin, Sofia Arez, Sophie Serber, Stefan Marx, Stephan Doitschinoff, Sterling Ruby, Sylvie Fleury, Tacita Dean, Takashi Homma, The Mycological Twist, Tim Barber, Travis Boyer, Udo Lefin, Val Smets, Vanessa Barragão, Vivianne Sassen, Yayoi Kusama, Yulia Iosilzon.