Specimen Gao (2 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Paperback in card box with additional paper sleeve with stickers. Box and sleeve a little grubby, with sleeve a little worn and torn (no stickers affected however). Front and rear cover corners a little worn from movement in and out of box. Pages are clean and printing is clear. MB. Used.

No place (China), Star Gallery, Gao Yu/ Timezone 8 Limited, 2007, no pagination, photography Li Liang, coloured plates (incl. anatomical plates), illustrations and artwork, design He Jun/ Mewe D A, original glazed paper wrappers, original cloth slipcase w. original stickers (some used), small quarto (19 x20,6 cm.). = Published on occasion of the exhibition "SPECIMEN - Gao Yu's Solo Exhibition", Star Gallery, China. The central character in Gao Yu's paintings is a demonic looking panda called GG, that is described by critic Lee Ambrozy in That's Beijing magazine as "sassy" and "self-flagellating." More than just China's national symbol, Gao's panda is quite the opposite of the docile creature you find in the zoo. As he says, "With the friction between Eastern and Western cultures, the panda is the most irresponsible way to introduce Chinese culture to the West. It's the most extreme way to make a unilateral exchange. Many years before, when Westerners discussed China, they could only think of Tian'anmen, pandas or the Great Wall--the most superficial sides of China." Born in 1981, Gao exemplifies the Pop sensibility of China's emerging painters. This engagingly designed volume includes a die-cut section that features an in-depth exploration of GG's internal organs, complete with stickers. It also includes an interview with Lee Ambrozy.