Xu Bing and Contemporary Chinese Art : Cultural and Philosophical Reflections.
Tsao, Hsingyuan.
Xu Bing and Contemporary Chinese Art : Cultural and Philosophical Reflections. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (264 pages) - SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture Series . - SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture Series .
Intro -- Xu Bing and Contemporary Chinese Art -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- A Dilemma in Contemporary Chinese Art -- 1. Reading and Misreading -- 2. Reading Xu Bing's A Book from the Sky -- 3. Seriousness, Playfulness, and a Religious Reading of Tianshu -- 4. Making Natural Languages in Contemporary Chinese Art -- 5. The Living Word -- 6. Transmission of Meanings -- 7. The Space Between -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Explores how Xu Bing and other contemporary Chinese artists use Western ideas within a Chinese cultural discourse.
9781438437927
Electronic books.
N7349.X8 -- X8 2011eb
709.51/09051
Xu Bing and Contemporary Chinese Art : Cultural and Philosophical Reflections. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (264 pages) - SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture Series . - SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture Series .
Intro -- Xu Bing and Contemporary Chinese Art -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- A Dilemma in Contemporary Chinese Art -- 1. Reading and Misreading -- 2. Reading Xu Bing's A Book from the Sky -- 3. Seriousness, Playfulness, and a Religious Reading of Tianshu -- 4. Making Natural Languages in Contemporary Chinese Art -- 5. The Living Word -- 6. Transmission of Meanings -- 7. The Space Between -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Explores how Xu Bing and other contemporary Chinese artists use Western ideas within a Chinese cultural discourse.
9781438437927
Electronic books.
N7349.X8 -- X8 2011eb
709.51/09051