"Confirms that still life is very much alive and well as an art form." -- Surface "[A] profusely illustrated volume . richly rethinks one of art's everlasting topics." -- Art & Auction "Current twists on the still life reflect the tradition's ongoing obsession with death." -- Publishers Weekly "From Andy Warhol's flower paintings and Damien Hirst's diamond-studded skulls to Jennifer Steinkamp's hypnotic digital blossoms and Anya Gallicio's screens of real flowers left to rot, the still life has returned in all its metaphoric potency." -- The Minneapolis Star Tribune "A gorgeously illustrated exploration of contemporary artists working in the still life tradition." -- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Combines provocative text with rich imagery. The bulk of this volume is visual, with stunning imagery supported by short readings of a work and context.

Recommended." -- Choice "Considers how the leading artists of modern times are re-inventing the still life." -- The Midwest Book Review "An introduction to seeing the still-life with new eyes." -- ARLIS/NA Reviews "Explores the ways that 21st-century artists have turned to the still-life--and its nuanced representation and allusions to death." -- Protoview "Beautifully produced. Wildly-and sometimes weirdly-fascinating, and a feast for eyes and mind alike." -- Lürzer's Int'l Archive.