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| A Collection of Prints.
WANG JINXU. Stock ID: 45020 Profuse colour and black and white print reproductions of Wang Jinxu's work, many full page, 62pp, d/j, quarto. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 45020) ... more |
AU$64.85 |
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| Beyond the Open Door: Contemporary Paintings from the People's Republic of China.
STRASSBERG, RICHARD E. AND WALDERMAR A. NIELSON. Stock ID: 69806 Colour plates, 75pp, paperback, quarto, minor wear extremities. Two essays accompany this catalogue: "The Opening Door of Contemporary Chinese Painting" - Richard E. Strassberg; "New Art from the New China" - Waldemar A. Nielsen. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 69806) ... more |
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The Real Thing. Contemporary Art From China.
[GROOM, SIMON AND KAREN SMITH.] Stock ID: 101207 Colour and black and white prints and photographs, 207pp, paperback, quarto. "This book is the definitive guide to the most important and influential artists currently working in this extraordinary arena, where the pace of the change outstrips anything seen before in human history. The exceptional range and variety of contemporary art in China is explored through t he work of 18 of the country's leading artists and focuses on works made since the year 2000." Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 101207) ... more |
AU$45.00 |
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China Art Book.
GROSENICK, UTA, SCHUBBE, CASPAR H. (EDITORS). Stock ID: 117475 Well presented and photographed, colour photographic illustrations, 669pp, appendix, paperback. The first Who's Who of contemporary Chinese art, introducing the most important artists in China today. This book offers for the first time, an independent selection of 80 of the most important contemporary Chinese artists. This book provides information on a wide range of those artists being currently in great demand, in China and all around the world, for exhibitions and publications. In English, German and Chinese. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 117475) ... more |
AU$75.00 |
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Traditional Techniques in Contemporary Chinese Printmaking.
BARKER, DAVID. Stock ID: 94291 Colour illustrations, 128pp, bibliography, glossary, index, paperback. This unique book provides both a helpful introduction to the history and traditions of printmaking in China as well as a comprehensive guide to traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques. It includes detailed sections on single colour, 'water colour', poster colour, stencil and 'dabbed' printing, making it an indispensable reference for any student or collector interested in Chinese printmaking. Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 94291) ... more |
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Fusionable Cheongsam.
WESSIELING. Stock ID: 118092 Colour photographic illustrations, 83pp, bibliography, paperback. This book is about a project by Wessieling focusing on the cheongsam and the hybridity. The work arising from this project is a series of installations exhibited in the Hong Kong Arts Centre in June 2007. This book is released in conjunction with the exhibition and documents the research and artwork for the project. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 118092) ... more |
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Pleasure Daydreaming. The Oil Painting of Hu Ming.
HU MING. Stock ID: 77586 Profuse colour reproductions, 79pp, paperback, large square octavo. Hu Ming's "paintings express dearly her worship of the female form depicting both physical strength and feminine beauty. Her works are not of a planned process born of her dreams and represents an accumulation of her diverse experiences." Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 77586) ... more |
AU$79.00 |
| Art Contemporain au profit de la sauvegarde de venise et de la grande muraille.
[AUCTION CATALOGUE]. Stock ID: 52841 Folding colour illustration of a section of the Great Wall of China, over 60 colour plates of the art works, unpaginated, quarto, wrappers a little worn. Does not include the price list. Catalogue from the auction held in Beijing in 1989 by the Parisian auctioneers Drouot. This auction of works donated by well known Asian and Westerner artists was to raise funds for restoration work on Venice's Basilica of Saint Mark and the Great Wall of China. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 52841) ... more |
AU$25.00 |
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| Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Collection of Modern Chinese Paintings.
[SOTHEBY'S AUCTION CATALOGUE]. Stock ID: 68405 Profuse colour photographic illustrations, unpaginated, index of artists, appendices, dustjacket. Quarto. Sale includes an interesting selection of modern (20th Century) Chinese works, catalogue also includes the Seals of Robert H. Ellsworth. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 68405) ... more |
AU$45.00 |
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| Art and Asia Pacific. Quarterly Journal.
[ASIAN & PACIFIC ART]. Stock ID: 68903 Colour and black and white photographic illustrations throughout, 52pp, square quarto, wrappers. Articles in this issue include 'Hong Kong Report. Next Wave Art. The first major exhibition of post-Tiananmen vanguard Chinese art seen outside the mainland.' - Nicholas Jose; 'Individual Creation and the Indian Imaginary. Conversations with Swaminathan and Arpita Singh' - John Clark; 'From the Barrel of a Gun. The Chinese art critics Fan Di'an and Hou Hanru comment on the New Generation Art exhibition held in Peking in July 1991' - Translated and with an introduction by Linda Jaivin. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 68903) ... more |
AU$16.50 |
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The Revolution Continues.
HOLDBORN, MARK. (EDITOR). Stock ID: 122553 Full colour photographic illustrations, 270pp, dustjacket. As world attention focuses on the economic development and massive cultural upheavals of China, all of which are embodied in the transformation of Beijing prior to the 2008 Olympics, Chinese artists have emerged after years of containment by the strictures of the national ideology. The Western art world, hungry for new spectacle, has consumed the new art with an appetite, but the art is changing so fast the Western viewer has little means of assessing or understanding the background to these extraordinary developments. "The Revolution Continues" provides a link between the rebellious spirit of the current generation of Chinese artists and the mood of rebellion that was so explicitly evident during the years of the Cultural Revolution that ran from 1966 to the death of Mao and the fall of the Gang of Four in 1976. In his text Jiang Jiehong argues that the widespread destruction of traditional Chinese treasures by the Red Guards, especially in the early period of 1966, overshadows the entire period. Today's rebellious artistic spirit is, in fact, an extension of Mao's legacy. The extensive Saatchi collection of new Chinese art is presented in conjunction with Joshua Jiang's examination of the use of the colour red, the iconography of Mao, the sense of the collective and the use of textual language that derives from the calligraphy of the propaganda poster. This dramatic material will be published to coincide with one of the opening exhibitions at the new Saatchi Gallery. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 122553) ... more |
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Ai Weiwei: Under Contruction.
MEREWETHER, CHARLES. Stock ID: 122581 Colour photographic illustrations, 157pp, bibliography, index, paperback with dustjacket. This strikingly designed book explores the questions of cultural violence and history in the work of controversial Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Published to coincide with an April 30June 29 exhibition at Campbelltown Arts Centre, Ai Weiwei: Under Construction includes two new Sydney commissions. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 122581) ... more |
AU$45.00 |
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Avatars And Antiheroes. A Guide to Contemporary Chinese Artists.
ALBERTINI, CLAUDIA. Stock ID: 122691 Colour photographic illustrations, 174pp, dustjacket. Chinese contemporary art is currently enjoying a worldwide boom, fetching record-breaking prices at auction houses around the globe. The country's rapid transition from Communism to consumerism, and the dizzying changes brought about by urbanization, globalization and new technologies have created a fascinating explosion of art overwhelmingly concerned with the search for self-identity in a society that, from Confucius to Mao, has traditionally disregarded individualism for the collective good. Avatars and Antiheroes reflects the schizophrenic undercurrents of a nation in continuous fast-forward. From the Cynical Realism and Political Pop movements associated with the post-Tiananmen generation of artists such as Yue Minjun, whose grinning representations of himself as antihero seem to mock the revolutionary heroes of old, to the pop-culture generation spearheaded by Cao Fei, whose digital avatars live in a world without borders, this book showcases the work of the most important contemporary artists to emerge from China in recent years. Stunning full-color plates of the work of Chinas leading painters, photographers, sculptors, performance artists, video artists, and even a fireworks artist are complemented by insightful commentary from Beijing-based art specialist Claudia Albertini, who personally interviewed many of the artists featured. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 122691) ... more |
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Chinese Propaganda Posters. From the Collection of Michael Wolf.
MIN, ANCHEE, AND DUO DUO, AND STEFAN R. LANDSBERGER. Stock ID: 126507 239pp, colour illustrations, quarto, paperback. With his smooth, warm, red face which radiated light in all directions, Chairman Mao Zedong was a fixture in Chinese propaganda posters produced between the birth of the People's Republic in 1949 and the early 1980s. These infamous posters were, in turn, central fixtures in Chinese homes, railway stations, schools, journals, magazines, and just about anywhere else where people were likely to see them. Chairman Mao, portrayed as a stoic superhero (a.k.a. the Great Teacher, the Great Leader, the Great Helmsman, the Supreme Commander), appeared in all kinds of situations (inspecting factories, smoking a cigarette with peasant workers, standing by the Yangzi River in a bathrobe, presiding over the bow of a ship, or floating over a sea of red flags), flanked by strong, healthy, ageless men and "masculinized" women and children wearing baggy, sexless, drab clothing. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 126507) ... more |
AU$34.95 |