Le Songe Creux Codex: 1

Vigneron, Frank

ISBN 10: 9889984318 ISBN 13: 9789889984311

Publisher: MCCM Creations, 2008

Synopsis

A series that began in Paris in 1984, the drawings are all with a technical pen on paper, but have been shown in many different forms as paintings on a wall, in large-scale installations, videos and books. All share the same basic idea of lines interacting in an ongoing process, a process that will only stop with the death of its maker. Le Songe Creux Codex brings this process into a Chinese butterfly book format: a more portable version (half-size) of a large-scale drawing. The two books, accordion- and scroll-like, measure 4200mm long on each side. The open space accords with the artist s ideas of process and continuity much more than the constantly interrupted division of pages of a typical modern book.

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About the Author

Frank Vigneron has been Assistant Professor in the Department of Fine Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, since 2004, he also received a Ph.D in Chinese Arts History at Paris VII University in 1998. His research focuses on the history of Chinese painting from the 18th century onwards and on different aspects of contemporary Chinese art seen in a global context. His artworks have been shown in the Hong Kong Art Biennial in 1996, 1998 and 2004.

Edition details

• Publisher: MCCM Creations
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9889984318
• ISBN 13: 9789889984311
• Binding: Product Bundle
• Number of pages: 44