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Hardback. New. The Chinese artist Liu Ye's meticulous, colorful canvases convey his love of literature in the first publication dedicated to his paintings of books. The Beijing-based artist Liu Ye is known for his precise, deftly rendered representational paintings. Drawn equally from contemporary culture and old master painting, Liu's wide-ranging visual touchstones include Piet Mondrian, Miffy the Bunny, and Prada advertisements. In this new publication devoted to his book paintings, the artist examines the book as both a physical object and cultural totem. Playing with geometry and perspective, Liu creates extraordinary and disorienting portraits of this most familiar subject. Liu's Book Painting series, begun in 2013, depicts close-up views of books that are turned open to reveal empty pages, an approach that emphasizes the object's form over its content. Rendering books' material structure-endpapers, binding, spine-in sensual detail, these paintings indicate an…
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Liu Ye: The Book Paintings Hardcover - 2021
by Liu Ye; Zhu Zhu (); Contribution by Hans Ulrich Obrist
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- Title Liu Ye: The Book Paintings
- Author Liu Ye; Zhu Zhu (); Contribution by Hans Ulrich Obrist
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher David Zwirner Books
- Date 2021-09-28
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated
- ISBN 9781644230367 / 1644230364
- Weight 2.46 lbs (1.12 kg)
- Dimensions 11.2 x 8.5 x 0.8 in (28.45 x 21.59 x 2.03 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
- Library of Congress subjects China, Artists
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2020925343
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