Ink art : past as present in contemporary China / Maxwell K. Hearn.

The Chinese tradition of "ink art" stretches far beyond works in ink, to embrace a set of aesthetic principles centered on renewal and reinterpretation of the past.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hearn, Maxwell K. (Author)
Corporate Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Language:English
Published: New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2013]
Subjects:
Art, Chinese > 20th century > Themes, motives > Exhibitions.
Art, Chinese > 21st century > Themes, motives > Exhibitions.
Ink painting, Chinese > Influence > Exhibitions.
Eclecticism in art > Exhibitions.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Physical Description:206 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Ink art : an introduction / Maxwell K. Hearn
  • Transcending the East/West dichotomy : a short history of contemporary Chinese ink painting / Wu Hung
  • Past as present in contemporary Chinese art / Maxwell K. Hearn
  • The written word
  • New landscapes
  • Abstraction
  • Beyond the brush.