Zeng Fanzhi - Van Gogh - Hardcover

Axel Rüger; Hans Den Hartog Jager; Gladys Chung

 
9789079310883: Zeng Fanzhi - Van Gogh
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9079310883 ISBN 13: 9789079310883
Publisher: Tijdsbeeld-Piece Montee/Exhibitions International, 2019

Synopsis

  • The Van Gogh Museum invited the celebrated Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi to present recent work inspired by Vincent van Gogh
  • Text in English and Chinese


    • The Van Gogh Museum invited the celebrated Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi to present recent work inspired by Vincent van Gogh. Although the two artists differ greatly in historical period and place of origin, their art is very similar in substance. This similarity is apparent in the themes that Van Gogh and Zeng both perpetually explore, such as style, identity and personality, and the question of self-control and the outside world's degree of control over the individual. It is evident too in their powerful, searing paintings. Van Gogh's original paintings became famous partly for their vigorous, seemingly inimitable brushwork - the painter's individual 'handwriting'. Zeng has responded to this same brushwork with handwriting from a very different cultural tradition, namely that of Chinese calligraphy. He has done so at a time when Van Gogh has become immensely popular in countries like China and Japan. The result is a Van Gogh seen through Chinese eyes, in a way Vincent himself could never have imagined. Zeng takes meanings from the past and reuses them, over and over again, to generate valuable new meanings. This book focuses on Zeng's recent work, inspired by Van Gogh's iconic self-portraits, and explores the position and importance of the self-portrait within his oeuvre.

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    The Van Gogh Museum invited the celebrated Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi to present recent work inspired by Vincent van Gogh. Although the two artists differ greatly in historical period and place of origin, their art is very similar in substance. This similarity is apparent in the themes that Van Gogh and Zeng both perpetually explore, such as style, identity and personality, and the question of self-control and the outside world's degree of control over the individual. It is evident too in their powerful, s

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    Publisher
    Tijdsbeeld-Piece Montee/Exhibitions International
    Publication date
    2019
    Language
    Chinese
    ISBN 10 
    9079310883
    ISBN 13 
    9789079310883
    Binding
    Hardcover
    Edition number
    1
    Number of pages
    80