Xu Bing and contemporary Chinese art : cultural and philosophical reflections / edited by Hsingyuan Tsao and Roger T. Ames.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2011.
Description
xxiv, 237 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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Subject(s)
Related name
Series
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture [More in this series]
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • A dilemma in contemporary Chinese art: an introduction / Tsao Hsingyuan and Roger T. Ames
  • Reading and misreading: double entendre in locally oriented logos / Tsao Hsingyuan
  • Reading Xu Bing's Book from the sky: a case study in the making of meaning / Roger T. Ames
  • Seriousness, playfulness, and a religious reading of Tianshu / Kuan-Hung Chen
  • Making natural languages in contemporary Chinese art / Richard Vinograd
  • The living word: Xu Bing and the art of Chan word play / April Liu
  • Transmission of meanings: a study of Shen wai shen (Body outside body) by Xu Bing / Kazuko Kameda-Madar
  • The space between: cross-cultural encounters in contemporary Chinese art / Jerome Silbergeld
  • Appendix. Bibliography on Xu Bing and related issues in contemporary Chinese art / Zoe Li
  • List of important events between 1979 and 2005 / Susan Chang.
ISBN
  • 9781438437903 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1438437900 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781438437910 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1438437919 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2011004148
OCLC
700735583
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