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Ai Xuan : for a silent dreamland from a master's heart.
- Title
- Ai Xuan : for a silent dreamland from a master's heart.
- Author
- Ai, Xuan, 1947-
- Publication
- Hong Kong : Kwai Fung Publishing ; New York, NY : Rizzoli, 2019.
- ©2019
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Details
- Description
- 255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly color); 32 cm
- Summary
- The first illustrated monograph in English devoted to the work of Ai Xuan, the most influential contemporary oil painter and leading representative of Chinese realism.
- "Ai Xuan is considered one of the most outstanding Chinese contemporary realist painters. In 2004, working together with other leading Chinese painters using a realist style, he formed an artistic group called Beijing Realism, later renamed Chinese Realism. This group has since become the key force shaping the promotion of realism in Chinese contemporary painting, including an annual national exhibition of realist paintings. Overcoming the tragedies of his poet father, Ai Qing, political movements, and his turmoil-infused childhood, Xuan transforms all these harsh life experiences into his artistic creations. These works lead readers into the inner world of someone who is able to capture his sympathy for helplessness in life through paintings with astonishing precision. This thoughtfully curated book reviews his art career through a selection of his most representative masterpieces from each stage of his development, alongside comprehensive analysis by the art critic and professor Hsiung Yi Ching."--
- Alternative Title
- For a silent dreamland from a master's heart
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Illustrated works.
- Note
- Title from cover.
- Author's name also appears in Chinese characters on the title page.
- Includes index.
- "This book is published pursuant to a joint venture between Mondadori Electa S.p.A., Milan, Italy (parent company of Rizzoli International Publications, New York, USA) and Kwai Fung Art Publishing House, Hong Kong, China"--Title page verso.
- Language (note)
- Text in English translated from the Chinese; captions in English and Chinese.
- Contents
- Foreword / Catherine Kwai -- The soul is like wind; life is like snow : the epic charm of Ai Xuan's realist paintings / Hsiung Yiching -- Oil. 1980s ; 1990s ; 2000s ; post-2010 -- Drawing -- Early works -- Biography -- Previous critiques -- Index.
- Call Number
- JQG 20-256
- ISBN
- 889182433X
- 9788891824332
- OCLC
- 1089958138
- Author
- Ai, Xuan, 1947- artist.
- Title
- Ai Xuan : for a silent dreamland from a master's heart.
- Publisher
- Hong Kong : Kwai Fung Publishing ; New York, NY : Rizzoli, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Language
- Text in English translated from the Chinese; captions in English and Chinese.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-2099
- Research Call Number
- JQG 20-256