<p>The Chinese-French painter Zao Wou-Ki (1920–2013) developed a distinctive abstract style blending the visual poetry of Chinese painting and calligraphy with European pictorial traditions. This stunning volume presents a richly woven narrative of the artist’s life and work. Reintroducing Zao’s work to a North American audience, the authors make a substantial contribution to scholarship on transnational art movements in the 20th and 21st centuries. Their essays consider the reception of Zao’s work in the United States; his engagement with post-war abstraction; and his exploration of various artistic media. Zao Wou-Ki lived and worked at the intersection of two cultures. He blended Chinese calligraphic and ink painting aesthetics with European printmaking and abstract oil painting, becoming one of the earliest trans-cultural painters of the 20th century. His legacy reverberates in the global success of Chinese artists today.</p>

No Limits: Zao Wou-Ki

Arts & Photography

Yun, Michelle

Walt, Melissa

Weitz, Ankeney

History & Criticism

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The work of prolific Chinese painter, Fang Zhaoling are explored in this beautifully illustrated art book. This catalogue sheds needed light on her long career, during which she consistently produced innovative work of charm and distinction. Her paintings are marked by a delightful style that is distinctly her own.Fang Zhaoling (1914-2006) was educated in the techniques of traditional Chinese painting. It is a testament to her determination and her family's foresight that this was so, for such an education was uncommon for women of her generation. She continued throughout her life to form important associations and collaborations with leading Chinese painters, and she has played an integral role in the history of modern Chinese painting. Fang Zhaoling also studied in Europe, where she was exposed to modernist Western concepts. As a result of her international travels and studies and her uniquely rich life experience, she developed a delightful style that is distinctly her own. Fang Zhaoling is an engaged artist who does not shy from addressing political and social issues. In her choice of subjects and inscriptions,s he speaks with a clear and compelling voice that calls out to be heard, as the present selection of her paintings and calligraphies demonstrates.

Fang Zhaoling: A Life in Painting

Asian Art Museum

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