Lalan / project producer, Catherine Kwai ; editor-in-chief, Edward Fung.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kwai, Catherine, producer.

Fung, Edward, editor.

Bergen, Véronique, 1964- contributor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lalan Hsieh, Ching-lan, 1924-1995.

Lalan Hsieh, Ching-lan.

Arts, Chinese--20th century.

Arts, Chinese.

Painting, Chinese--20th century.

Painting, Chinese.

Painting, French--20th century.

Painting, French.

Physical Description:

323 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Rizzoli ; Hong Kong : Kwai Fung, 2022.

Summary:

"This volume is considered the most comprehensive monograph about the life and career of the female pioneer who integrated abstract painting, music, and dance, Lalan. Born in Guizhou, Xie Jinglan (nicknamed "Lalan") was a multidisciplinary artist trained across various art forms, including painting, music, and dance. Excelling in all such categories, Lalan united these fields in her artistic practice to create an oeuvre that epitomized "synthesized art." Her lifelong explorations resulted in an unusual kind of exhibition/performance named Spectacle, which assimilates dance and music within her artworks. Her works can be found in important Western and Asian museums, such as the Centre Pompidou Musée National d'Art Moderne, and Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Shanghai Art Museum, and others. This book reviews her entire career by selecting her most representative masterpieces and celebrating her life journey as the backdrop, between dream and drama. The materials in this book have been collected by a dedicated research team through a painstaking process lasting more than two years. Lalan's paintings are a melting pot of many important features inspired by traditional Chinese culture on the one hand (including the spirit of Taoism, the practice of qigong, and the essence of ink landscapes during the Song Dynasty), and Western abstract painting on the other."--Publisher description.

Notes:

Title page includes Chinese characters.

Includes essays by Véronique Bergen and three others.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Contains:

Lalan Hsieh, Ching-lan, 1924-1995. Works. Selections.

ISBN:

9788891833020

8891833029

OCLC:

1295111502