China - Contemporary

Fong, Wen. C Between Two Cultures.
New York, London, Metropolitan Museum of Art/Yale University, 2001, First Edition, Quarto, Hardcover, book condition: Fine, dust jacket condition: Fine. 286 pages, text in English. Full colour and black & white images.
This is a personal journey into modern Chinese paintings, by the author, who has taken a great deal of paintings from the collection of Robert H. Ellsworth as an example. The paintings are to be seen in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The time space discussed is between the 1860's - 1980. This book deals with both traditionalist and modernizing hinese masters from the comparative perspectives of Aeas and West, traditional and modern.
Item nr: 11519

N/A Xu Bing in Berlin - Sprachräume.
Berlin, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, 2004, First Edition, Quarto, Hardcover, book condition: As New. 95 Pages, text in German and English. Many images in colour and black and white.
World famous Chinese contemporary artist Xu Bing (born in Beijing 1955) is a graphic and fine artist, who has developed a written language, resembling Chinese characters. However when looking closely they do not signify anything in the Chinese langauge. He has, in 2004, exhibited some of his pieces and art forms in Berlin. This book, gives an overview of this extraordinary man and the backgroundinformation of his art work, shown in Berlin.
Item nr: 9776

Van den Ing, Eric (Editor) Paul Binnie - A Dialogue with the Past - The First 100 Japanese Prints.
Chicago, Art Media Resources, 2007, First Edition, Quarto, Hardcover, Signed by the artist, book condition: New, dust jacket condition: New. 102 pages, text in English. Also contains overview of seals, in full colour images the printing process.
In this ground breaking book the career and work of contemporary woodblock print artist Paul Binnie (b.1967) is presented. Binnie's complete Japanese prints are illustrated in colour and many other reference photographs are provided as well, ensuring that the reader is given an insight into his working methods and his sources of inspiration. The in-depth essay provide the context of the more than 100 prints Binnie has made to date. An indispensable book for all those interested in 20th century Japanese woodblock prints and the very newest prints being created today.
Item nr: 10262