Invisible ink : feminism and identity in contemporary Chinese art / Luise Guest.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guest, Luise, author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism and art--China.

Feminism and art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages)

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2025.

Summary:

Reassesses the contribution of women artists to the field of contemporary Chinese art with an in-depth account of five artists who reference the traditional form of ink and brush painting to subvert existing art historical narratives.

Contents:

List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Glossary Introduction 1. Hiding in plain sight: where are the women? 2. Rituals of ink and water: painting as performance in the work of Xiao Lu 3. ‘Upstairs girls’: nüshu reinvented in the work of Tao Aimin 4. From silence to speech: mothers and daughters in the work of Ma Yanling 5. A trespasser in the literati garden: Bingyi’s poetics of ink 6. Body calligraphy: Xie Rong’s autobiographies 7. Conclusion: Ink art as a feminist praxis Afterword References Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Guest, Luise. Invisible ink

ISBN:

978-1-3504-3398-4

978-1-3504-3396-0

978-1-3504-3397-7

1-350-43398-5

1-350-43396-9

1-350-43397-7

OCLC:

1520506246