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Hung Liu : portraits of promised lands
- Title
- Hung Liu : portraits of promised lands / Dorothy Moss ; with Nancy Lim, Lucy R. Lippard, Elizabeth Partridge, and Philip Tinari.
- Author
- Liu, Hung, 1948-2021
- Publication
- Washington, DC : National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution ; New Haven, CT : in association with Yale University Press, [2021]
- ©2021
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- Description
- 217 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color portraits; 29 cm
- Summary
- "A major survey of contemporary artist Hung Liu, whose layered portraits explore history and memory through the stories of marginalized figures. Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands presents the stunning work of this contemporary Chinese American artist. Liu (1948–2021) blends painting and photography to offer new frameworks for understanding portraiture in relation to time, memory, and history. Often working from photographs, she uses portraiture to elevate overlooked subjects, amplifying the stories of those who have historically been invisible or unheard. This richly illustrated book examines six decades of Liu’s painting, photography, and drawing. Author Dorothy Moss illuminates the importance of family photographs in Liu’s work; Nancy Lim examines the origins of Liu’s artistic practice; Lucy R. Lippard explores issues of identity and multiculturalism; and Elizabeth Partridge focuses on Liu’s recent series based on Dorothea Lange’s Depression-era photographs. Philip Tinari, along with artists Amy Sherald and Carrie Mae Weems, among others, conveys Liu’s impact on contemporary art. Having lived through war, political revolution, exile, and displacement, Liu paints a complex picture of an Asian Pacific American experience. Her portraits speak powerfully to those seeking a better life, in the United States and elsewhere."--Provided by publisher.
- Alternative Title
- Portraits of promised lands
- Subject
- Liu, Hung, 1948-2021 > Exhibitions
- Liu, Hung, 1948-2021
- 2000-2099
- Painting, Chinese > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Painting, Chinese > 21st century > Exhibitions
- Portrait painting, Chinese > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Portrait painting, Chinese > 21st century > Exhibitions
- Chinese in art > Exhibitions
- Painting from photographs > Exhibitions
- Chinese American artists > Exhibitions
- Women artists > United States > Exhibitions
- Portrait painting, Chinese
- Chinese American artists
- Painting, Chinese
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-209) and index.
- Exhibitions (note)
- Published to accompany the exbition Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (August 27, 2021-May 29, 2022).
- Contents
- Donors -- Director's Foreword / Kim Sajet -- Interface: Hung Liu's family portraits and their afterlives / Dorothy Moss -- Picturing the cultural revolution: Hung Liu's early work / Nancy Lim -- Hung Liu : China trade / Lucy R. Lippard -- Deeply familiar : Hung Liu and Dorthea Lange / Elizabeth Partridge -- Hung Liu : Passer-by / Philip Tinari -- Artists reflections -- Enrique Chagoya -- Judy Chicago -- Mel Chin -- Yu Hong -- Martin Mull -- Amy Sherald -- Stephanie Syjuco -- Lava Thomas -- Carrie Mae Weems -- Liu Xiaodong -- Chronology / Jeff Kelley.
- ISBN
- 9780300257441
- 0300257449
- LCCN
- 99989543105
- OCLC
- on1198556697
- 1198556697
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries