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He Xiangyu - Couverture rigide

 
9783954761326: He Xiangyu
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 3954761327 ISBN 13 : 9783954761326
Editeur : Distanz Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

He Xiangyu (b. Dandong, Liaoning Province, 1986; lives and works in Beijing and Berlin) belongs to a new generation of Chinese conceptual artists who use a variety of media to articulate their cultural and social concerns. His ambitious and provocative works have quickly brought him international renown. In 2008, He Xiangyu launched his Cola Project, for which he boiled down 127 tons of Coca Cola over the course of a year to extract a crystalline residue resembling soil and a black liquid. He then put lumps of the corrosive mass in museum display cases and used the liquid to paint landscapes in the style of the Song dynasty. Tank Project (2011-2013) is of similar gargantuan dimensions: the artist employed an entire sewing studio to manufacture a full-size replica of a tank out of the finest Italian leather. The deflated object alludes to the growing presence of Western-made materials in contemporary China and, by implication, to the nexus between political and economic power. He Xiangyu's interest in twisting the system of values is also evident in 200g Gold, 62g Protein (2012), which consists of an egg carton made of solid gold and an ordinary chicken egg: a pointed inquiry into the process in which value is attributed to specific things and art's presumption that it can charge objects and materials with meaning.

This book is He Xiangyu's first monograph. With essays by Bao Dong, Li Zhenhua, Lu Mingjun, Sun Dongdong, and Wang Min'an and a conversation between Li Zhenhua and the artist.

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À propos de la quatrième de couverture

He Xiangyu (b. Dandong, Liaoning Province, 1986; lives and works in Beijing and Berlin) belongs to a new generation of Chinese conceptual artists who use a variety of media to articulate their cultural and social concerns. His ambitious and provocative works have quickly brought him international renown. In 2008, He Xiangyu launched his Cola Project, for which he boiled down 127 tons of Coca Cola over the course of a year to extract a crystalline residue resembling soil and a black liquid. He then put lumps of the corrosive mass in museum display cases and used the liquid to paint landscapes in the style of the Song dynasty. Tank Project (2011-2013) is of similar gargantuan dimensions: the artist employed an entire sewing studio to manufacture a full-size replica of a tank out of the finest Italian leather. The deflated object alludes to the growing presence of Western-made materials in contemporary China and, by implication, to the nexus between political and economic power. He Xiangyu's interest in twisting the system of values is also evident in 200g Gold, 62g Protein (2012), which consists of an egg carton made of solid gold and an ordinary chicken egg: a pointed inquiry into the process in which value is attributed to specific things and art's presumption that it can charge objects and materials with meaning.

This book is He Xiangyu's first monograph. With essays by Bao Dong, Li Zhenhua, Lu Mingjun, Sun Dongdong, and Wang Min'an and a conversation between Li Zhenhua and the artist.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Distanz Publishing
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3954761327
ISBN 13 
9783954761326
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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