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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461739103321

Titolo

Xu Bing and contemporary Chinese art [[electronic resource] ] : cultural and philosophical reflections / / edited by Hsingyuan Tsao and Roger T. Ames

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011

ISBN

1-4384-3792-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

Altri autori (Persone)

TsaoHsingyuan

AmesRoger T. <1947->

Disciplina

709.51/09051

Soggetti

Art, Chinese - 20th century - Themes, motives

Art, Chinese - 21st century - Themes, motives

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A dilemma in contemporary Chinese art: an introduction / Tsao Hsingyuan and Roger T. Ames -- Reading and misreading: double entendre in locally oriented logos / Tsao Hsingyuan -- Reading Xu Bing's Book from the sky: a case study in the making of meaning / Roger T. Ames -- Seriousness, playfulness, and a religious reading of Tianshu / Kuan-Hung Chen -- Making natural languages in contemporary Chinese art / Richard Vinograd -- The living word: Xu Bing and the art of Chan word play / April Liu -- Transmission of meanings: a study of Shen wai shen (Body outside body) by Xu Bing / Kazuko Kameda-Madar -- The space between: cross-cultural encounters in contemporary Chinese art / Jerome Silbergeld -- Appendix. Bibliography on Xu Bing and related issues in contemporary Chinese art / Zoe Li -- List of important events between 1979 and 2005 / Susan Chang.