This exhibition catalogue is published alongside the annual show that launches in September as part of the Liverpool Biennial 2012 and then tours to ICA, London featuring the work of 29 artists across a range of media.

New Contemporaries has a long and illustrious history. Established in 1949, this annual show has been dedicated to profiling the work of young, new and emerging artists at the start of their professional careers.

The selectors for New Contemporaries this year were: Cullinan Richards, Nairy Baghramian, and Rosalind Nashashibi.

This publication accompanies the exhibition New Contemporaries at LJMU Copperas Hill Building, Liverpool Biennial, 15 September – 18 November 2012 and ICA, London, 27 November 2012 – 13 January 2013.