Hsiao Chin and Punto : mapping post-war avant-garde.

Gong, Joshua.

ISBN 10: 1912690837 / ISBN 13: 9781912690831

Edité par Unicorn Publishing Group, 2020

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London : Unicorn, 2020. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 173 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm. - Hsiao Chin spent his formative years in Europe experiencing the Western Modern Art movement. As a leading post-war Asian artist, he has contributed immensely to the development of avant-garde art and established himself prominently in the modern abstract movement in Asia. As a co-founder of Punto Movement in Milan during 1961-1966, Hsiao is the first and only post-war Chinese artist attempting to convey Eastern philosophical ideas and the concepts of mindfulness and self-contemplation in the Western pictorial language of abstraction. Hsiao's works are not only artistic representations of Asian philosophy but, in a broader context, are an intellectualised expression of Asian ideas in their essential forms. The understanding of the entire post-war avant-garde art scene would not be complete without mentioning Hsiao Chin and the Punto Movement, along with American Abstract Expressionism, French Lyrical Abstraction, and Japanese Gutai. This book records 13 Punto exhibitions, which demonstrates Hsiao's contribution to the international cultural realm throughout his artistic career. Included here are in-depth articles on Hsiao`s historical significance in the twentieth century. The book also introduces his iconic oeuvres over the last six decades; work that reconciles Eastern and Western art prospects. Condition : as new copy. ISBN 9781912690831. Keywords : ART,

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Hsiao Chin and Punto : mapping post-war avant-garde.
• Éditeur: Unicorn Publishing Group
• Date de parution: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1912690837
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781912690831
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: as new
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette

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Synopsis

Born in Shanghai in 1935, Hsiao Chin spent his formative years in Europe experiencing the Western modern art movement. Inspired by what he saw, he went on to make immense contributions to the development of avant-garde art, establishing himself prominently in the modern abstract movement in Asia and becoming a leading post-war Asian artist. Hsiao is the first and only post-war Chinese artist to attempt to convey Eastern philosophical ideas and concepts of mindfulness and self-contemplation in the Western pictorial language of abstraction. In 1961, he cofounded the Punto International Art Movement, which lasted until 1966. Hsiao's works are not only artistic representations of Asian philosophy but, in a broader context, are an intellectualized expression of Asian ideas in their essential forms. The understanding of the entire postwar avant-garde art scene would not be complete without mentioning Hsiao Chin and the Punto Movement, along with American abstract expressionism, French lyrical abstraction, and the Japanese Gutai group.

​This book records thirteen Punto exhibitions, demonstrating Hsiao's contribution to the international cultural realm throughout his artistic career. Included here are in-depth articles on Hsiao's historical significance in the twentieth century, as well as an introduction to his iconic oeuvres over the last six decades in work that reconciles Eastern and Western art prospects.

À propos de l?auteur

Joshua Gong is a leading expert on contemporary Chinese art and chinoiserie. He is former professor of art history at the University of Sussex and the author of Iconography and Schemata: A Communicating History in Painting between China and the West, 1514-1885.