Xu Bing and contemporary Chinese art : cultural and philosophical reflections /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Ames, Roger T., 1947-, Tsao, Hsingyuan
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Albany : State University of New York Press, [2011]
Series:	SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
Subjects:	Xu, Bing, > 1955- > Criticism and interpretation. Art, Chinese > 21st century > Themes, motives. Art, Chinese > 20th century > Themes, motives. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of 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.