Description
| Product ID: | 9783775747851 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | DE |
| Title: | Xiaowen Zhu. Oriental Silk (bilingual) |
| Page Count: | 188 |
| Subjects: | Individual artists, art monographs, Individual artists, art monographs |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Can corporate history be art? This question can only be asked if one is not familiar with the fascinating long-term project by the Chinese artist Xiaowen Zhu. Anyone who has experienced Oriental Silk will answer this question with a clear “yes.†The project’s title is also the name of a company founded in Los Angeles in the early 1970s. Specialising in trading and distributing silks, it was headed for decades by Kenneth Wong and his family. Through her multi-sensory works Zhu opens up a multifaceted view of a firm that is distinguished, like its silk products, through its own haptics, style, colours, and values. The people, places, and stories that make up the phenomenon of Oriental Silk form a fascinating, vivid tapestry in which the past and present, art and life, are closely interwoven. |
| Imprint Name: | Hatje Cantz |
| Publisher Name: | Hatje Cantz |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-11-05 |
