The Past in the Present: Script and Archaism in Modern Chinese Art
(from 6th Oct 2010 until 27th Feb 2011)Explore the influence of early Chinese writing and artefacts on the art of the twentieth century and beyond.
Calligraphy collage of Qu Leilei's poem Where are you going to?
- loan
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Description
The fragments of calligraphy are in a variety of archaic styles, and are from an original poem by the artist entitled Where are you going to?, with the opening line ‘When you are facing a historical choice..’
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Details
- Associated place
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Europe › United Kingdom › England › Greater London › London (probable place of creation)
- Date
- 1998
- Material and technique
- ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
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frame 65.4 x 61.3 x 3.1 cm (height x width x depth)
collage 51 x 42.6 cm (height x width)
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- Technique index
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- On loan from the Khoan and Michael Sullivan Collection.
- Accession no.
- LI1109.3
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Further reading
Sullivan, Michael, Modern Chinese Art: The Khoan and Michael Sullivan Collection, revised edn (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2009), no. 107 on p. 124, illus. p. 125
Past Exhibition
see (1)-
The Past in the Present: Script and Archaism in Modern Chinese Art
(from 6th Oct 2010 until 27th Feb 2011)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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