Established in 2000 by the Martin Bucksbaum Family Foundation and the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Bucksbaum Award is presented biennially to an artist living and working in the U.S. “whose work demonstrates a singular combination of talent and imagination.”
A Decade in Conversation, edited by Chrissie Iles, Christiane Paul, Carter E. Foster, and Tina Kukielski, presents fascinating details about the ways the Bucksbaum Award winners are shaping contemporary art today. The excerpt available here includes interviews with Mark Bradford, who specializes in abstract collage work and painting, and Omer Fast, known for exploring the possibilities of cinema. Additional artists featured in the book are Paul Pfeiffer, Irit Batsry, and Raymond Pettibon.