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Author : Peggy Samuels
Release : 1985
Genre : Art, American
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 461/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Contemporary Western Artists by : Peggy Samuels
Download or read book Contemporary Western Artists written by Peggy Samuels. This book was released on 1985. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated biographical dictionary of contemporary Western artists.
Author : Logan Hagege
Release : 2018-12
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Book Rating : 902/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Desert Survey by : Logan Hagege
Download or read book Desert Survey written by Logan Hagege. This book was released on 2018-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art book by Logan Maxwell Hagege
Author : Thea Marx
Release : 2009-09
Genre : House & Home
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 254/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Contemporary Western Design by : Thea Marx
Download or read book Contemporary Western Design written by Thea Marx. This book was released on 2009-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western design has evolved from the limitations of log-style architecture, simple and rough-hewn lodgepole pine furnishings, brightly colored leather, and Chimayo weavings to stately interiors that are graceful, elegant, and highly polished, incorporating upscale fabrics and ornamentation.
Author : Buffalo Bill Historical Center
Release : 1978
Genre : West (U.S.)
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Book Synopsis Twelve Contemporary Western Artists by : Buffalo Bill Historical Center
Download or read book Twelve Contemporary Western Artists written by Buffalo Bill Historical Center. This book was released on 1978. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marie Leduc
Release : 2018-11-20
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 528/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Dissidence by : Marie Leduc
Download or read book Dissidence written by Marie Leduc. This book was released on 2018-11-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the valorization of artistic and political dissidence has contributed to the rise of Chinese contemporary art in the West. Interest in Chinese contemporary art increased dramatically in the West shortly after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. Sparked by political sympathy and the mediatized response to the event, Western curators, critics, and art historians were quick to view the new art as an expression of dissident resistance to the Chinese regime. In this book, Marie Leduc proposes that this attribution of political dissidence is not only the result of latent Cold War perceptions about China, but also indicative of the art world's demand for artistically and politically provocative work—a demand that mirrors the valorization of free expression in liberal democracies. Focusing on nine Chinese artists—Wang Du, Wang Keping, Huang Yong Ping, Yang Jiechang, Chen Zhen, Yan Pei-Ming, Shen Yuan, Ru Xiaofan, and Du Zhenjun—who migrated to Paris in and around 1989, Leduc explores how their work was recognized before and after the Tiananmen Square incident. Drawing on personal interviews with the artists and curators, and through an analysis of important exhibitions, events, reviews, and curatorial texts, she demonstrates how these and other Chinese artists have been celebrated both for their artistic dissidence—their formal innovations and introduction of new media and concepts—and for their political dissidence—how their work challenges political values in both China and the West. As Leduc concludes, the rise of Chinese contemporary art in the West highlights the significance of artistic and political dissidence in the production of contemporary art, and the often-unrecognized relationship between contemporary art and liberal democracy.
