Summoning Ghosts - The Art of Hung Liu

Zusatztext "These essays are important contributions to scholarship on this artist." Informationen zum Autor René de Guzman is Senior Curator of Art at the Oakland Museum of California. Bill Berkson is a poet! critic! and teacher. He is Professor Emeritus at the San Francisco Art Institute. Dr. Stephanie Hanor is Director of Mills College Art Museum. She previously served as Senior Curator and department head at Museum of Contemporary Art! San Diego. Wu Hung is Professor of Art History and East Asian Languages and Civilizations and Director of the Center for Art of East Asia at the University of Chicago. Novelist Yiyun Li is a MacArthur Foundation fellow and recipient of the PEN/Hemingway Award! among other awards. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker! Best American Short Stories! O Henry Prize Stories! and elsewhere. She teaches at the University of California! Davis. Karen Smith is an English curator and critic! specializing in contemporary Chinese art. She lives and works in Beijing! and has written and co-written numerous books! including Ai Weiwei. Klappentext "Hung Liu's life experience! complex personal history! understanding of female identity! sensitivity to immigrant culture! and vigorous powers of expression have made her a one-of-a-kind artist."-Ai Weiwei Zusammenfassung A pioneer in Chinese contemporary art before the Chinese avant-garde came into being, Hung Lui's life spanned two centuries and bridged two totally different economic situations. This book includes essays which reflect on how Hung Liu's evocative art is inextricably bound to her equally rich and complex life.

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• Authors: Bill Berkson, Berkson Bill, Guzman Rene De, Rene De Guzman, René de Guzman, Rene Hung De Guzman, Rene de Guzman, Stephanie Hanor, Hanor Stephanie, Wu Hung, Hung Wu, Yiyun Li, Li Yiyun, Karen Smith
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2013
• EAN: 9780520275218
• ISBN: 978-0-520-27521-8
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; USA, ART / History / General, ART / American / General, ART / Asian / General, History of Art, United States of America, USA, East Asia, Far East, Oriental art