The Allure of Matter

Name: The Allure of Matter
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ISBN: 9780935573602

Material Art from China

Wu Hung, Orianna Cacchione, Christine Mehring , Trevor Smith

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University of Chicago,David & Alfred Smart Museum,US
15 August 2019

Oriental art; Art & design styles: from c 1960; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections

From the 1980s, many Chinese artists have experimented with a range of unconventional materials. Their works–in plastic, paper, silk, ash, and tobacco–form a major trend in Chinese art. The Allure of Matter offers the first serious consideration of these ground-breaking material explorations, coining the term Material Art to describe works that place “matter” itself as the primary vehicle of investigation and expression. The book contains four ground-breaking essays, profiles of twenty-five artists, and corresponding color images.

By: Wu Hung, Orianna Cacchione, Christine Mehring, Trevor Smith
Imprint: University of Chicago,David & Alfred Smart Museum,US
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 305mm, Width: 241mm,
ISBN: 9780935573602
ISBN 10: 0935573607
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 15 August 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Wu Hung is Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor of Art History, director of the Center for the Art of East Asia at the University of Chicago, and consulting curator of the Smart Museum. Orianna Cacchione is Curator of Global Contemporary Art at the Smart Museum. Christine Mehring is Professor and Chair in the Department of Art History at the University of Chicago and Adjunct Curator at the Smart Museum. Trevor Smith is the Curator of the Present Tense at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA.