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New York : Shen Wei productions, c2012.
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Physical description
300 p.; 32 cm
ISBN
9881815010 / 9789881815019
Call number
EX.CHN.UNN.09
Library's review
Catalogue for the exhibition held at the Beijing Center for the Arts (Beijing, China) from April 17 - April 29, 2009.
'In this exhibition, the very traditional passion of Chinese intellectuals towards nature is displayed in an "un-natural" way. Materials from Formica usually seen in kitchens,
We choose the theme "un-natural" to rethink ecology and substainability issues through synthetic material. Environmentalism often misleads people to prefer natural materials, ignoring the truth that some such materials cannot be replanished. The ethical or aesthetic value of a material can always be argued, but the need for and reality of a lifestyle, maybe un-natural in today's synthetic environment, is inescapable. '
(Abstract from the foreword by Bing Bu, Tian Sun)
'In this exhibition, the very traditional passion of Chinese intellectuals towards nature is displayed in an "un-natural" way. Materials from Formica usually seen in kitchens,
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laboratories, or fast-food restaurants are her deployed by 14 Chinese architects and artists to build forms of furniture, space, as well as artifacts without defiened purpose.We choose the theme "un-natural" to rethink ecology and substainability issues through synthetic material. Environmentalism often misleads people to prefer natural materials, ignoring the truth that some such materials cannot be replanished. The ethical or aesthetic value of a material can always be argued, but the need for and reality of a lifestyle, maybe un-natural in today's synthetic environment, is inescapable. '
(Abstract from the foreword by Bing Bu, Tian Sun)
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Pages
300