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The allure of matter : material art from China / Wu Hung and Orianna Cacchione ; with Christine Mehring and Trevor Smith.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Chicago, Illinois : Smart Museum of Art, 2019.Description: 263 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cmISBN:
  • 9780935573602
  • 0935573607
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Contents:
Material art from China : an introduction / Wu Hung
From synthetic materials to panty hose : new material relationships in post-Mao China / Orianna Cacchione
Modern material matters / Christine Mehring
Transformative labors / Trevor Smith
Artist profiles
Summary: This publication was produced by the Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, on the occasion of the exhibition The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China, curated by Wu Hung with Orianna Cacchione. The allure of matter is co-organizing by the Smart Museum of Art with Wrightwood 659 and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Seattle Art Museum, and the Peabody Essex Museum. 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.

Exhibition: LACMA County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA (02.06.2019 - 05.01.2020) / Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, USA (06.02.-03.05.2020) / Seattle Art Museum, USA (25.06.-12.09.2020) / Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, USA (14.11.2020-21.02.2021).

Includes bibliographical references.

Material art from China : an introduction / Wu Hung

From synthetic materials to panty hose : new material relationships in post-Mao China / Orianna Cacchione

Modern material matters / Christine Mehring

Transformative labors / Trevor Smith

Artist profiles

This publication was produced by the Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, on the occasion of the exhibition The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China, curated by Wu Hung with Orianna Cacchione. The allure of matter is co-organizing by the Smart Museum of Art with Wrightwood 659 and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Seattle Art Museum, and the Peabody Essex Museum. 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.