Mahjong - Fibicher Bernhard; Frehner Matthias
contemporary Chinese art from the Sigg collection
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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 large 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 discove...
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2005Uitgever: Hatje Cantz Verlag360 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 3775716130ISBN-13: 9783775716130Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original boards, dust jacket, a lot of illustrations in colour, 4to.; Blindstamped book plate, place and date on first free endpaper. [Auteur: Fibicher, B. and Frehner, M. (ed.).] [Pagina's: 359] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Ostfildern-Ruit, Hatje Cantz Verlag] [Jaar: 2005] [Titel: Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art From The Sigg Collection]
