ENGLISH TEXT Contemporary Art in Culture Sergio Edelsztein, Jens Hoffmann, Lisette Lagnado, Midori Matsui, Shamim Momin, Pi Li, Gloria Sutton, Olesya Turkina, Philippe Vergne, and The Wrong Gallery An exhibition-in-a-book that presents 100 contemporary artists Selected by 10 internationally renowned curators, these artists will be the stars of tomorrow Continuing the phenomenon established by cream (1988) Fresh Cream (2000) and Cream 3 (2003), Ice Cream identifies the most significant emerging figures in an often confusing world and acts as an expert guide to future trends Each artist is featured over four pages with a selection of their most interesting work together with a commentary by the curator who selected them, an exhibition history, and a bibliography Each curator has also selected a source artist who has inspired or influenced the younger generation, providing readers with a broader historical perspective A must-have for art-world insiders, an essential soucebook for students and all those who follow the contemporary art scene Jens Hoffmann is a curator and writer based in San Francisco where he is Director of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts. Midori Matsui is an art critic and scholar who has written extensively on Japanese and Western art and culture for a wide variety of periodicals and catalogues. Philippe Vergne is the Chief Curator and Deputy Director at the Walker Art Center Minneapolis. Sergio Edelsztein founded The Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv in 1995, where he has been the Director since 1997. Shamim M Momin is an Associate Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art and Branch Director and Curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, New York. Pi Li is a lecturer at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Curator at The Loft New Media Art Space, Beijing. Lisette Lagnado was the Chief Curator of the 27th São Paulo Biennial (2006) and, since 2001 she has been editor of the online journal, Trópico. Gloria Sutton