Format:
79 Seiten
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27 cm
ISBN:
9079310883
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9789079310883
Content:
The Van Gogh Museum invited the celebrated Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi to present recent work inspired by Vincent van Gogh. Although the two artists differ greatly in historical period and place of origin, their art is very similar in substance. This similarity is apparent in the themes that Van Gogh and Zeng both perpetually explore, such as style, identity and personality, and the question of self-control and the outside world's degree of control over the individual. It is evident too in their powerful, searing paintings. Van Gogh's original paintings became famous partly for their vigorous, seemingly inimitable brushwork - the painter's individual 'handwriting'. Zeng has responded to this same brushwork with handwriting from a very different cultural tradition, namely that of Chinese calligraphy. He has done so at a time when Van Gogh has become immensely popular in countries like China and Japan. The result is a Van Gogh seen through Chinese eyes, in a way Vincent himself could never have imagined. Zeng takes meanings from the past and reuses them, over and over again, to generate valuable new meanings. This book focuses on Zeng's recent work, inspired by Van Gogh's iconic self-portraits, and explores the position and importance of the self-portrait within his oeuvre
Note:
Titelblattrückseite: This book was published to accompany the presentation 'Zeng Fanzhi/Van Gogh', Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 20 October 2017-25 February 2018
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Text englisch und chinesisch.- Teilweise in chinesischer Schrift
Language:
English
Keywords:
Gogh, Vincent van 1853-1890
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Rezeption
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Zeng, Fanzhi 1964-
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Malerei
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Gogh, Vincent van 1853-1890
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Rezeption
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Zeng, Fanzhi 1964-
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Malerei
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Ausstellungskatalog
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Bildband
Author information:
Hartog Jager, Hans den 1968-
Author information:
Zeng, Fanzhi 1964-
Author information:
Gogh, Vincent van 1853-1890
Author information:
Bakker, Nienke 1972-
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