Half the sky : conversations with women artists in China / Luise Guest.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guest, Luise, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women artists--China--21st century--Biography.

Women artists.

Art, Chinese--21st century.

Art, Chinese.

Artists--China--21st century--Biography.

Artists.

Women in art.

China.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

224 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Dawes Point, N.S.W. : Piper Press, 2016.

Summary:

Half the sky is the first major book on contemporary women artists in China. The dynamic artistic centres of China are producing some of the most interesting and compelling contemporary art of our time. But there are fascinating stories as yet insufficiently told: the stories of women artists. It was Chairman Mao who said "Women hold up half the sky". This book reveals the work and lives of 32 artists : Bu Hua, Cui Xiuwen, Cao Fei, Xiao Lu, Lin Jingjing, Lin Tianmiao, Yin Xiuzhen, Li Tingting, Shi Zhiying, Gao Ping, Bingyi, Yu Hong, Xie Qi, Han Yajuan, Dong Yuan, Wang Zhibo, Huang Jingyuan, He Chengyao, Yingmei Duan, Ma Qiusha, Tao Aimin, Ma Yanling, Chen Lingyang, Zhou Hongbing, Liu Shiyuan, Fang Lu, Liang Yuanwei, Li Shurui, and Qin Fengling.

Contents:

Prologue

Introduction

Alter egos and avatars

Two gunshots in Beijing

Needle and thread: material practices

'Black as lacquer': reinventing ink

Painting the zeitgeist

Past and present

Inscriptions on the body

Nüshu: a secret language of women

A window opens

Blurred boundaries

Epilogue

Acknowledgements

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780980834741

0980834740

OCLC:

928620126