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Liu Xiaodong : slow homecoming : retrospective, 1983-2018 / editors: Heinz-Norbert Jocks, Gregor Jansen, Alain Bieber ; texts: Alain Bieber [and four others] ; translation: Chelsea Liu [and three others].

Fine Arts Library N7349.L588 A4 2018
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  • Exhibition catalogs.
Physical Description:
295 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 30 cm
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Slow homecoming : retrospective, 1983-2018
Place of Publication:
Dortmund : Verlag Kettler, [2018]
Language Note:
Texts primarily in English and German; one text in English and Chinese.
Summary:
In his oeu-vre, Liu Xiaodong shows mo-ments and sto-ries from hu-man li-fe as well as si-tua-ti-ons and land-scapes wi-th an out-stan-ding im-me-di-a-cy and ex-tra-or-di-na-ry em-pa-thy. Liu Xiaodong on-ly de-picts what he sees wi-th his own eyes, smells wi-th his own no-se, and hears wi-th his own ears. At the be-gin-ning of each work, he spends ti-me wi-th the sub-jects in their dai-ly li-ves be-fo-re por-tray-ing them. This par-ti-ci-pa-to-ry di-men-si-on of his ar-tis-tic prac-tice is ac-com-pa-nied by jour-nal no-tes and pho-to-graphs. In ad-di-ti-on, along-side his pro-jects, he crea-tes films that ap-proach the va-rious to-pics from the per-spec-tive of the mo-ving image. The ar-tist en-coun-ters the stran-ger wi-th the ut-most open-ness, so as not to suc-cumb to the de-cep-ti-on of clichés or pre-for-med opi-ni-ons. He is a pain-ter of mo-dern li-fe who ad-dres-ses the ques-ti-on of the hu-man con-di-ti-on, as well as glo-bal is-su-es that are di-rect-ly lin-ked to it, such as de-mo-gra-phic shifts, en-vi-ron-men-tal cri-sis, and eco-no-mic uphea-val.
Notes:
  • Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf and at NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Germany, June 9-August 19, 2018.
  • Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
  • 9783862067114
  • 3862067114
OCLC:
1043704492
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9783862067114

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