Adrian Cheng is a prolific and dedicated collector of contemporary Chinese art, and a powerful force on the global art scene. In 2020, the journal ArtReview ranked him twelfth in its list of the 100 most influential people in the art world. That influence is due in part to his K11 Art Foundation, a non-profit organisation that promotes emerging artists internationally. Cheng also holds positions with some of the world's leading art institutions, among them the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Met in New York, and the Royal Academy in London. John Dodelande has been growing his collection since his early twenties, and owns works by many of China's most significant living artists. Traveling to meet those artists in person is a crucial part of his method. "I know them all, " he says. "To be in their studios, observe their body language, and feel their internal force – that helps me make sense of the art". He is convinced that art, as a universal language, is one means to forge a new Silk Road, a meaningful web of connection between East and West.
Chinese Art: The Impossible Collection
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- Nombre de pages194
- PrésentationBroché
- Poids9.072 kg
- Dimensions35,6 cm × 43,1 cm × 7,5 cm
- ISBN978-1-61428-884-8
- EAN9781614288848
- Date de parution10/05/2021
- CollectionULTIMATE
- ÉditeurAssouline
Résumé
The most highly anticipated volume in Assouline's exclusive Ultimate series, Chinese Art : The Impossible Collection spotlights 100 works of contemporary art that reveal the social, political, and cultural evolution of a nation on the rise. Thoughtfully curated by Cheng and Dodelande, the 100 works are presented in chronological order, beginning with traditional paintings from the turn of the twentieth century and culminating with some of the most cutting-edge works by China's "new generation" of artists, whose creations explore and often critique the politics that have defined China's rapid growth into a new world power.
The particular themes and conversations that these 100 works raise are glossed in essays and commentary from three of the world's foremost experts on Chinese Art-Philip Tinari of the UCAA in Beijing, Alexandra Munroe of the Guggenheim in New York, and Karen Smith of OCAT Contemporary Art Terminal in Xi'an.
The particular themes and conversations that these 100 works raise are glossed in essays and commentary from three of the world's foremost experts on Chinese Art-Philip Tinari of the UCAA in Beijing, Alexandra Munroe of the Guggenheim in New York, and Karen Smith of OCAT Contemporary Art Terminal in Xi'an.