C.C. Wang

Lines of Abstraction

Wen-Shing Chou, Daniel M. Greenberg, Arnold Chang , Joseph Scheier-Dolberg

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Hirmer Verlag
30 October 2023

Theory of art; Art & design styles: Abstract Expressionism; Individual artists, art monographs

C.C. Wang (1907-2003) is best known as a preeminent twentieth-century connoisseur and collector of pre-modern Chinese art, a reputation that often overshadows his own art. Lines of Abstraction brings attention to Wang's artistic experimentations. Spanning seven decades, the catalog focuses on the artist's distinctive synthesis of Chinese literati ink art and American postwar abstraction.

Born to a family of scholar-officials at the twilight of the Qing dynasty, Wang mastered the traditional ink and brush techniques in Republican China and immigrated to New York City. There he sought to perfect the literati painting, a genre associated with Chinese artist-intellectuals that blends calligraphy, painting, and poetry. Drawing inspiration from this historic art form, as well as New York's artistic climate in the wake of World War II, he advanced breakthrough transformations in ink painting. Held twenty years after the artist's death, a 2023 exhibit of Wang's art was hosted by two venues, one at Hunter College and the second at the University of Minnesota. This exhibition catalog includes one hundred color images and features contributions by Daniel Greenberg and Joseph Scheier-Dolberg.

Contributions by: Arnold Chang, Joseph Scheier-Dolberg
Edited by: Wen-Shing Chou, Daniel M. Greenberg
Imprint: Hirmer Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 250mm, Width: 200mm,
Weight: 740g
ISBN: 9783777441030
ISBN 10: 3777441031
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 30 October 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Wen-shing Chou is associate professor of Chinese art history at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She is the author of Mount Wutai: Visions of a Sacred Buddhist Mountain. Daniel Greenberg is assistant professor of Chinese art history at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Greenberg specializes in the artistic and cultural exchange in early modern China and its relationship to Europe and neighboring countries such as Tibet, Mongolia, and Japan.