The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China

by Christine Mehring, Trevor Smith, Wu Hung, et al.

From the 1980s, many Chinese artists have experimented with a range of unconventional materials. Their works-in plastic, paper, silk, ash, and tobacco-form a major trend in Chinese art. The Allure of Matter offers the first serious consideration of these ground-breaking material explorations, coining the term Material Art to describe works that place "matter" itself as the primary vehicle of investigation and expression. The book contains four...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0935573607
• ISBN13: 9780935573602
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Smart Museum of Art, the University of C
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 4.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.7" x 12.3"