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Secret Signs: Calligraphy in Chinese Contemporary Art - in Collaboration with the Sigg Collection and the M+, Hong Kong - Hardcover
Secret Signs, an extensive group exhibition catalog, looks at the role of Chinese calligraphy in relation to contemporary Chinese art over the past three decades as a way of asking fundamental questions of art and art making in China today. In 1956 Mao ordered the radical simplification of the ancient complex calligraphic writing system used by the court by standardizing the characters and their sounds, reducing their form and number, creating a sudden lack of referential symbols and images. Is the sidelining of Chinese calligraphy paradigmatic of modern Chinese culture? How does China deal with its cultural heritage in light of the rapid changes brought about by globalization? These poignant issues are explored through the 38 artists spanning the early 1980s to the present including Ai Wei Wei, Chen Guangwu, Chen Zaiyan and Dai Guangyu along with artist interviews, essays by cultural historians and curators and installation views from the exhibition.
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- PublisherSnoeck Verlagsgesellschaft mbH
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 3864420911
- ISBN 13 9783864420917
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages224
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Secret Signs: Zeitgenössische Chinesische Kunst im Namen der Schrift / Calligraphy in Chinese Contemporary Art (German/English)
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ISBN 13: 9783864420917
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. 240 p with 10 b/w and 180 coloured illustrations 300x 240 mm, hardcover - This publication center on two constantly topical, fundamental questions of social reality in China from the 1980s to the present, as well as the self-concept of its artists: How does China deal with its cultural heritage in view of the raipd course of change brought on by globalization? Or: Is the fact that calligraphy is sidelined itself a paradigmatic expression of modern Chinese culture?. Seller Inventory # ABE-1591096059167
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Secret Signs. Zeitgenössische Chinesische Kunst im Namen der Schrift: Kat. Deichtorhallen Hamburg in Kooperation mit der Sammlung Sigg und dem M+, Hongkong zeitgenössische chinesische Kunst im Namen der Schrift ; Ai Weiwei . ; [anlässlich der Ausstellung Secret Signs. Zeitgenössische Chinesische Kunst im Namen der Schrift in den Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Sammlung Falckenberg vom 8. November 2014 bis 8. Februar 2015]
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Gut. 240 S. Gutes Exemplar, geringe Gebrauchsspuren, Cover/SU berieben/bestoßen, Schnitt/Papier nachgedunkelt, innen alles in Ordnung; Good copy, light signs of previous use, cover/dust jacket shows some rubbing/wear, edges/text pages show yellowing/darkening, interior in good condition. D240403axC23 ISBN: 9783864420917 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1605. Seller Inventory # 687075
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