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Available
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Collection
Publication
ShanghART
Call number
MON.WEG.00a
Library's review
Catalogue for Wei Guangqing's solo exhibition at Shanghart Gallery in 2000. Wei Guangqing is an important vanguard in China, especially from 1985 to the early 90's. His 'Red Wall Series' refrences an old Chinese manuscript called 'The Extended Virtuous Words', which was compiled by a scholar in the
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Ming dynasty and popularized through mass distribution. Wei Guanqing re-interprets this text with a contemporary, if not slightly ironic, sensibility, combinging exceprts from this texts and images in the style of popular art with a seemingly non-political appearance. Show Less