Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900
|
Buy Now
Fairweather and China (Paperback)
Loot Price: R1,581
Discovery Miles 15 810
|
|
Fairweather and China (Paperback)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
Ian Fairweather is one of the most significant twentieth-century
artists to have worked in Australia. After a life of wandering,
including time spent in China, Bali and the Philippines,
Fairweather settled on Bribie Island, off the coast of Queensland,
where he built his own house. In 1962 a leading art critic named
him 'our greatest painter'. Fairweather is exceptional among modern
artists for his experience of Chinese life and culture. He lived
and worked in China for extended periods, learnt Chinese and
published a book-length translation of the popular Chinese novel
The Drunken Buddha (1965). From an early age Fairweather sought
alternatives to art based on verisimilitude and single-point
perspective. This led to a lifelong engagement with the principles
of Chinese art and thought that profoundly shaped his own creative
process. Drawing on letters, interviews and other archival
materials to shed new light on Fairweather's artistic practice,
Claire Roberts brings her own extensive knowledge of Chinese
language and art to this absorbing re-examination of a revered
artist. Fairweather and China shows how central the China
experience is to his emergence as a key transcultural figure,
connecting British, European, Chinese and Australian art histories
in new and visionary ways.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.