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

Contributor(s): Tsao, Hsingyuan | Ames, Roger T, 1947-Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culturePublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, c2011Description: xxiv, 237 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781438437910 (hardcover : alk. paper); 1438437919 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9781438437903 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1438437900 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Xu, Bing, 1955- -- Criticism and interpretation | Art, Chinese -- 20th century -- Themes, motives | Art, Chinese -- 21st century -- Themes, motivesDDC classification: 709.51/09051 LOC classification: N7349.X8 | X8 2011
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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