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Tong Yang-Tze

Lesley Ma Eileen Chow

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Mondadori Electa
16 September 2025
The first comprehensive exploration of Taiwanese artist Tong Yang-Tze’s five-decade career in Chinese calligraphy—arguably the only woman with this distinction.

As one of the most celebrated contemporary artists working exclusively in the art of writing, Tong Yang-Tze (b. 1942) pushes the boundaries of this traditional art form, creating monumental works that bring the Chinese script into three-dimensional space while integrating painterly strategies and preserving the essence of calligraphy.

This authoritative volume not only documents Tong’s significant contributions to the field but serves as a valuable resource for understanding Chinese calligraphy as a living, evolving art form. Featuring over eighty color plates, newly commissioned essays by renowned scholars, an anthology of critical reviews, and an illustrated chronology, the volume showcases Tong’s unique ability to bridge classical Chinese art and literature with contemporary modes of expression, challenging perceptions of the art of writing in the modern world.
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Imprint:   Mondadori Electa
Country of Publication:   Italy
Dimensions:   Height: 330mm,  Width: 279mm, 
ISBN:   9788891844217
ISBN 10:   8891844217
Pages:   256
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Lesley Ma is the inaugural Ming Chu Hsu and Daniel Xu Curator, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. From 2013 to 2022, she was the founding curator of Ink Art at M+ in Hong Kong. Eileen Cheng-yin Chow is associate professor of the Practice in Chinese and Japanese Cultural Studies at Duke University; director of graduate studies for Duke’s East Asian Studies program; codirector of Story Lab; and director of the Cheng Shewo Institute of Chinese Journalism at Shih Hsin University in Taipei. Shih Shou-Chien is an art historian at the Academia Sinica in Taiwan, who specializes in Chinese landscape painting. He was the director of the National Palace Museum in Taipei from 2004 to 2006.

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