Wang Jianwei

Always, Owned by What We Own

Übersetzer: Yubing, Gao

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Produktbeschreibung

Celebrated Chinese artist Wang Jianwei takes the reader on a philosophical journey through his creative practice.

Produktdetails

• China Culture Perspectives
• Verlag: ACC Art Books
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 139mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9781788842907
• ISBN-10: 1788842901
• Artikelnr.: 71780499

Autorenporträt

Wang Jianwei, born in 1958 in Sichuan, southwestern China, is a pioneer in contemporary Chinese art. Since the 1990s, he has been exploring the impact of interdisciplinary and comprehensive knowledge on contemporary art. Wang attempts to create new artistic languages using methods from various disciplines. He is particularly well known for drawing from his studies of philosophy, sociology, cultural studies, anthropology and science to highlight his interest in the contact between art and social reality.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: COUNTERPART IS OMNIPRESENT • Asymmetry • Mang Zhong (Grain in
Ear) • It and Them Chapter 2: ALWAYS, NOT COMPLETELY • A Case of
Intensification • Saw Them Before I Did • Reality and ‘Reality’ • Not
Everything Used Leaves a Trace • Larger Than the Part ‘Useful’ to Me
Chapter 3: THE CAUSE AND THE EFFECT OF DENSENESS • OSB • 'Draft' • Normal
Choice Chapter 4: SWALLOW AND DISCHARGE • All Are Ingredients • Those With
Shells • What is Disturbing Me, Making Me Restless Chapter 5: DEEP IN TIME
• Ancestor • Flat • Too Much or Too Little • Staggering Along Chapter 6:
ONCE SEEN, THEN IT’S NOT JUST ME • Machine-guided • Tangle • Metaphor
Chapter 7: STICKY • Foreign Substance • Unnatural • Animals