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The allure of matter: materiality across Chinese art
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Since the inventions of porcelain and gunpowder, Chinese artists have experimented with unconventional artistic materials and used conventional materials in unorthodox ways. This groundbreaking volume is the first publication to expound the trans-historical importance of materiality in Chinese art by bringing together essays from leading scholars, curators, and conservators. Essayists Anne Feng, Yuhang Li, Wei-Cheng Lin, Catherine Stuer, and Yusen Yu examine how materials including lacquer, crystal, paper, and gold stimulated advances in premodern Chinese art. Alex Burchmore, Orianna Cacchione, Nancy P. Lin, Sara Moy, and Rachel Rivenc analyze several instances of material experimentation in contemporary Chinese art in essays that consider materials as varied as gunpowder, plastic, and water. This book builds upon scholarship originally presented at the Art and Materiality Symposium, held on the occasion of the Smart Museum of Art's exhibition The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China.
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Chicago: Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Center for the Art of East Asia, The University of Chicago, 2021
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- 093557364X
- 9780935573640
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"This publication was produced by the Smart Museum of Art and the Center for the Art of East Asia, The University of Chicago, in conjunction with the 'Art and Materiality' symposium, organized by the Smart Museum of Art and the Center for the Art of East Asia, The University of Chicago, February 6-8, 2020. The symposium was held on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China, curated by Wu Hung with Orianna Cacchione"--Title verso.
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