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Spring in New York : Liu Xiaodong = Niuyue zhi chun : Liu Xiaodong / edited by Rute Ventura, Ossian Ward ; translation Marco Betelli & Li Kiaoyi.
Spring in New York : Liu Xiaodong = 纽约之春 : 刘小东 edited by Rute Ventura, Ossian Ward ; translation Marco Betelli & 李潇逸.
LIBRA ND1049.L77373 A4 2022
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Liu, Xiaodong, 1963---Exhibitions.
- Liu, Xiaodong.
- Painting, Chinese--21st century--Exhibitions.
- Painting, Chinese.
- Painters--China--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Painters.
- New York (N.Y.)--In art.
- New York (N.Y.).
- Liu, Xiaodong, 1963---Diaries.
- Chinese diaries--New York (State)--New York.
- Chinese diaries.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 111 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 x 30 cm
- Other Title:
- Liu Xiaodong
- Niuyue zhi chun : Liu Xiaodong
- 纽约之春 : 刘小东
- Place of Publication:
- East Hampton, NY : Lisson Gallery, 2022.
- Language Note:
- English and Chinese.
- Summary:
- Liu Xiaodong, the usually itinerant Chinese painter, has been situated in New York City under lockdown since the middle of February, unable to travel back to his home in Beijing. From a small New York apartment, the artist has made a series of watercolour paintings documenting the changing landscape of the city over the past four months. A keen observer of modern life, Liu Xiaodong has been addressing radical shifts in society for over three decades, commenting on this emerging world through his work, in the manner of a contemporary history painter. The content of Liu Xiaodong's paintings is never transitory; his identified subject matter transpires as in-depth, complex artistic and social projects, be it documenting the life of transsexuals in Singapore (2001) or transgender and transnational artists in Berlin (2018), the forced relocation and supposed progress of Three Gorges Project in China (2003) or the complexities of multicultural life in his London series, Half Street (2013). This new body of work serves as a record of this landmark moment in history: first recording the picturesque, poignant scenes of Spring in New York under the pandemic--with empty children's playgrounds, deserted streets, blossoms falling from the trees, and portraits of his wife and daughter--to the subsequent crowds and zeal of the Black Lives Matter protests that have swept the city, and many others in recent weeks. Exhibition: Online exhibition, Lisson Gallery (July 2020).
- Notes:
- Exhibition: Lisson Gallery Online, June 29 - July 12, 2020; Lisson Gallery East Hampton September 24 - October 4, 2020.
- First published in 2022
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Contains:
- Liu, Xiaodong, 1963- Works. Selections.
- ISBN:
- 0947830774
- 9780947830779
- OCLC:
- 1294284580
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