All this makes ART NOW not only an indispensable reference work, but also a stimulating illustrated volume and an interesting art guide; it is no less entertaining than it is informative for those who wish to confront the issues raised by young art.

TASCHEN's Great Adventure began back in 1980, when eighteen-year-old Benedikt Taschen opened a shop in his native Cologne, Germany, to market his massive comics collection. Within a year he began publishing catalogs prorooting his wares, but it wasn't until 1984 that his first art-book breakthrough occurred: he purchased 40,000 remainder Copies of a Magritte book printed in English, reselling them for a fraction of their original price. From a young age,Taschen had been interested in art but found that art books were too expensive and hard to obtain; and the success of this daring move proved that Taschen was not alone in thinking that the art-book market should be democratized.

he began reprinting boo,ks under his own name for budget prices and the next year he published his first original title and the first book in the Basic Art series: P/casso. Before long, high-quality-yet-still-inexpensive hardcover books were added to the lineup and in 1989 the landmark double-jumbo Van 6ogh:The Complete Paintings hit bookstores around the world.

Starting in the late 1980s, TASCHEN established subsidiaries across the globe and continued to cement its reputation as a publisher of excellent-value books while branching out into new areas such as architecture, design, photngraphy, lifestyle and classics. In 2000, TASCHEN surprised the world by breaking the record for the most expensive book published in the 20th century:copy #1 of Helmut Newton's SUMO, signed by over 80 celebrities featured in it,fetched over $300,000 at a charity auction. A year later TASCHEN launched its cinema collection with Billy Wilder's Some Like it Hot. Then, in 2003, TASCHEN tipped the scales with its massive, legendary Muhammad All tribute book, GOAT,

Twenty-five years after Benedikt Tascheon opened his little comics shop,TASCHEN has grown into one of the most successful and unique publishers in the global market, publishing an eclectic variety of books for people of all tastes and budget ranges, distributed worldwide in over twenty languages. Within the space of the last few years, TASCHEN has opened bookshops in Paris and Los Angeles, with plans to keep expanding to new cities as our Great Adventure continues. For the future of publishing, keep your eye on TASCHEN.

Preface

Vorwort

Preface

Franz Ackepmann

Doug Aibken

Darren Almond

Kai AlthoPP

John Bock

Cosima von Bonin

Candice Breitz

Glenn Brown

Angela Bulloch

daneb Cardiff

Merlin Cappenbep

Maurizio Cattelan

Jake & Dinos Chapman

Marbin Creed

Tacita Dean

Thomas Demand

Rineke Dijksbra

Peber Doig

Keith Edmier

Tracey Emin

Sylvie Fleury

Liam Gillick

Felix Gonzalez-Torres

Douglas Gordon

Andreas Gunsky

Thomas Hirschhorn

Damien Hirst

Capsten HSIler

Gapu Hume

Mike Kelley

Rachel Khedoori

Marbin Kippenbepger

Jeff Koons

Zoe Leonard

Atelier van Lieshoub

Won Ju Lim

Michel Majepus

Paul McCarthy

Jonobhan Meese

Mariko Mori

Sarah Morris

Vik Muniz

Takashi Murakami

Yoshitomo Nara

Shirin Neshab

Ernesbo Nebo

Manuel Ocampo

Albert Oehlen

Chris OPili

Gabriel Orozco

Jorge Pardo

Manfred Pernice

Elizabeth Peuton

Richard Phillips

Nee Rouch

Jason Rhoades

Daniel Richbep

Pipilobbi Risb

Ugo Rondinone

Thomas RuPP

Gregor Schneider

Cindy Sherman

Andreas Slominski

Simon Starling

Thomas Strubh

Fiona Tan

Wolfgang Tillmans

Rirkrit Tiravanija

Jeff Wall

Franz Wesb

Poe Whibe

Glossary -- Glossar -- Glossaire

Photo Credits -- Fotonachweis -- Credits photogrophiques

Biographical Notes on the authors -- KurzbiograPien der Autoren -- Les auteurs en breP

Imprint -- Impressum -- Imprint