Bingyi huang (1 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Trade PB. 4to. Published by Max Protetch Gallery, New York. 2008. 52 pgs. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Long established in America, Bingyi Huang nevertheless looks to traditional Chinese culture for her materials and inspiration. The artist holds a doctorate in art history from Yale, but her true vocation is painting, albeit of a very contemporary kind; she combines a delicate, naïve style with references to Chinese literature and history. The title of her show, "Six Accounts of a Floating Life, " refers to the civil servant Shen Fu's tales of love and Chinese mores. Originally composed of six chapters, only four of Shen's book have survived--hence her four-panel oil on canvas (2008) that takes his title as the name of the painting. Three more black-and-white works are found in this small but compelling show, which also includes two crystal-resin sculptures that again deal with problems of private memory and its possible permanence through art. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…