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Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art From The Sigg Collection

Door B. and Frehner Fibicher

Categorie
Algemeen Kunst
Boeknummer
#293022
Titel
Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art From The Sigg Collection
Auteur
Fibicher, B. and Frehner, M. (ed.).
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Ostfildern-Ruit, Hatje Cantz Verlag
Jaar van uitgave
2005
ISBN10
3775716130
ISBN13
9783775716130
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original boards, dust jacket, a lot of illustrations in colour, 4to.
Samenvatting

Mao and McDonald's, Mahjong and Mercedes - the sleeping giant has awakened and taken up the paintbrush! This new standard reference work on chinese contemporary art mirrors these massive cultural upheavals. nnChina is booming. In the wake of economic liberalization, the nation's art scene has literally taken flight as well. The Swiss collector Uli Sigg, formerly his country's ambassador in Beijing, has followed the rapid pace of developments since the nineteen-eighties and has since compiled the world's largest collection of contemporary Chinese art, comprising more than 1,200 works by some 180 artists. nThis splendid catalogue presents more than 200 of Sigg's paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, video pieces, and installations, along with such curiosities as Mao posters on larg... (Lees verder)e color photographs. In addition to a number of famous works - Ai Weiwei's Han vase with Coca-Cola logo, Fang Lijun's bald heads, or Xu Bing's ''Xinglish'' calligraphy - the book also offers readers a unique opportunity to discover numerous talents who are still largely unknown in the West. Insiders provide commentary on this exciting overview of contemporary art in China. (German edition available ISBN 3-7757-1612-2)nnExhibition schedule: Kunstmuseum Bern, June 13-October 16, 2005 . Hamburger Kunsthalle, September 8-December 3, 2006
Pagina's
359
Conditie
Goed — Blindstamped book plate, place and date on first free endpaper.
Prijs
€ 70,00

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