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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

    My work is a result of rethinking the traditional Chinese spirit and the state of urban life. It has also embodied the course of my life in its current state.

    Zhang Guanghui graduated from the Printmaking Department of the Hubei Academy of Fine Arts (HAFA) in 1984, and further studied printmaking at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1989. He is presently the head of the Printmaking Department at HAFA. His prints are ultimately influenced by the mysterious Chu culture of southern China during the Pre-Qin period (770–221 BC), but he seeks to reinterpret his perception of the Chu culture into modern visual language. His recent woodcuts often show an intricate mixture of texture and symbols with overlapping blocks, depicting the psychological reality of daily life in the modern world.
  • Details

    Associated place
    Asia China (place of creation)
    Date
    2000
    Artist/maker
    Zhang Guanghui (born 1961) (printmaker)
    Material and technique
    multi-block woodcut, printed with oil-based ink
    Dimensions
    sheet 84.5 x 90 cm (height x width)
    print 75 x 83.5 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    Technique index
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 2007.
    Accession no.
    EA2007.74
  • Further reading

    Weimin He, and Shelagh Vainker, Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2007), no. 106 on p. 117, illus. p. 117

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    • currently in research collection

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Publications online

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

    Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum

    My work is a result of rethinking the traditional Chinese spirit and the state of urban life. It has also embodied the course of my life in its current state.

    Zhang Guanghui graduated from the Printmaking Department of the Hubei Academy of Fine Arts (HAFA) in 1984, and further studied printmaking at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1989. He is presently the head of the Printmaking Department at HAFA. His prints are ultimately influenced by the mysterious Chu culture of southern China during the Pre-Qin period (770–221 BC), but he seeks to reinterpret his perception of the Chu culture into modern visual language. His recent woodcuts often show an intricate mixture of texture and symbols with overlapping blocks, depicting the psychological reality of daily life in the modern world.
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