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Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum

A catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Chinese prints from 1950-2006 by Weimin He and Shelagh Vainker (published Oxford, 2007).

Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum by Weimin He and Shelagh Vainker

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  • Literature notes

    In my mind, artwork itself does not divide by subject matter, media or technique: the key point of success or failure in creating an art work is whether or not the work can precisely embody the artist's thought and spiritual direction.

    Chen Qi graduated from the Nanjing College of Arts in 1987 and taught there thereafter. He is currently the head of the School of Communication of the College. Chen Qi is well known for his extremely skilled monochrome water-soluble colour woodcut prints of various subjects, and especially for depicting single objects at close quarters, tranquil landscapes and imaginary Buddhist images. His style developed from a fusion of Chinese traditional water-soluble woodcut printing techniques and Western chiaroscuro graphics. Chen Qi’s highly realistic, large size, yet finely nuanced woodcut prints challenge any misconceptions of the woodcut as a small-scale and tonally limited medium.
  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia China (place of creation)
    Date
    1991
    Artist/maker
    Chen Qi (born 1963) (printmaker)
    Material and technique
    multi-block woodcut, printed with water-soluble ink
    Dimensions
    sheet 59.5 x 96.4 cm (height x width)
    print 25.5 x 73 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    Technique index
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 2007.
    Accession no.
    EA2007.91
  • Further reading

    Weimin He, and Shelagh Vainker, Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2007), no. 87 on p. 98, illus. p. 98

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  • Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum by Weimin He and Shelagh Vainker

    Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum

    In my mind, artwork itself does not divide by subject matter, media or technique: the key point of success or failure in creating an art work is whether or not the work can precisely embody the artist's thought and spiritual direction.

    Chen Qi graduated from the Nanjing College of Arts in 1987 and taught there thereafter. He is currently the head of the School of Communication of the College. Chen Qi is well known for his extremely skilled monochrome water-soluble colour woodcut prints of various subjects, and especially for depicting single objects at close quarters, tranquil landscapes and imaginary Buddhist images. His style developed from a fusion of Chinese traditional water-soluble woodcut printing techniques and Western chiaroscuro graphics. Chen Qi’s highly realistic, large size, yet finely nuanced woodcut prints challenge any misconceptions of the woodcut as a small-scale and tonally limited medium.
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