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Zhang Huan, Family Tree, 2000. Lent by Yale University Gallery, New Haven
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Distributed by Yale University Press
Ink Art
Past as Present in
Contemporary China
Maxwell K. Hearn
With contributions by
Wu Hung
The Chinese tradition of ‘ink
art’ stretches far beyond works
in ink, to embrace a set of
aesthetic principles centred on
renewal and reinterpretation
of the past. The 80 works, by 40 contemporary artists,
featured in Ink Art range from variations on the written word
to radical abstractions to contemporary landscapes, and
represent media as diverse as photography, video, ceramic,
wood, bronze and stainless steel – as well as traditional ink
(which might be on cardboard, polyester or the human body).
They include such iconic pieces as Book from the Sky by
Xu Bing and Han Jar Overpainted with Coca Cola Logo by
Ai Weiwei, ‘pseudo-characters’ by Gu Wenda, handscrolls by
Liu Dan, and videos and animation by Qiu Anxiong and
Chen Shaoxiong.
Exhibition
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 10/12/13 – 06/04/14
Maxwell K. Hearn is Douglas Dillon Curator in Charge,
department of Asian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
January 304 pp. 267x229mm. 250 colour illus.
HB ISBN 978-0-300-19703-7 £40.00*
Jewels by JAR
Adrian Sassoon
Called ‘the Fabergé of our
time’ by Diane von
Furstenberg, Joel A.
Rosenthal, who works in
Paris under the name JAR, is
one of the most acclaimed
jewellery designers of the
past thirty years. JAR is
known for his use of precious and semi-precious stones
resplendent with myriad shades of vibrant colour and set in
organic shapes: one brooch, for instance, features lifelike petals
in subtly differentiated hues, made from a thousand pavé
sapphires and amethysts. The New York Times has described
his jewellery as ‘belligerent, stubborn, audacious, funny,
contradictory’, while JAR himself has characterised his work as
‘somewhere between geometry and a bouquet of flowers’. This
book, featuring nearly 40 pieces from throughout JAR’s career,
provides a concise, accessible, elegantly designed retrospective
of the best of his jewellery creations, and is the only book of
its kind on his work available in English.
Exhibition
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 19/11/13 – 09/03/14
Adrian Sassoon is a renowned gallerist and critic living in
London.
November 120 pp. 229x203mm. 65 colour illus.
HB ISBN 978-0-300-19868-3 £25.00*
Silla
Korea’s Golden Kingdom
Soyoung Lee and Denise Patry
Leidy • With contributions by
Juhyung Rhi, Insook Lee, Ham
Soon-seop, Yoon Sang-deok, Yoon
Onshik and Her Hyeong Uk
The Silla Kingdom, which flourished
in Korea from 57 B.C. to 935 A.D., is
known for its intricately crafted
ornaments, many in resplendent gold,
and for the creation of prominent Buddhist temples. Silla focuses
on the striking artistic traditions of the Old and Unified Silla
Kingdoms (4th–8th century), and is the first publication in
English to explore the artistic and cultural legacy of this ancient
realm. Among the topics explored are Korea’s position as the
eastern culmination of the Silk Road in the first millennium A.D.
and the character and evolution of Buddhism, as illuminated by
objects from major monuments, temples and tombs. The book
also presents new research about Silla’s ancient capital, Gyeongju,
which is known for the Gyerim-ro Dagger, as well as the pottery,
glass and beads discovered in tombs located there.
Exhibition
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 29/10/13 – 23/02/14
Soyoung Lee is assistant curator and Denise Patry Leidy is
curator, department of Asian Art, The Metropolitan Museum
of Art.
October 256 pp. 254x229mm. 220 colour & b/w illus.
HB ISBN 978-0-300-19702-0 £45.00*
The American West
in Bronze,
1850–1925
Thomas Brent Smith
and Thayer Tolles
With contributions by Carol
Clark, Brian Dippie, Peter H.
Hassrick, Karen Lemmey and
Jessica Murphy
Themes of the American West have been enduringly popular,
and The American West in Bronze features sixty-five iconic
bronzes that display a range of subjects, from portrayals of the
noble Indian to rough-and-tumble scenes of rowdy cowboys to
tributes to the pioneers who settled the lands west of the
Mississippi. Fascinating texts offer a fresh look at the roles that
artists played in creating interpretations of the ‘vanishing West’ –
whether based on fact, fiction or something in-between. These
artists, including Charles M. Russell and Frederic Remington,
embody a range of life experiences and artistic approaches.
Exhibition The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 17/12/13 –
13/04/14; Denver Art Museum, 09/05/14 – 31/08/14;
Nanjing Museum, October 2014 – January 2015
Thomas Brent Smith is director, Petrie Institute of Western
American Art, Denver Art Museum. Thayer Tolles is curator,
The American Wing, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
January 256 pp. 254x229mm. 245 colour & b/w illus.
HB ISBN 978-0-300-19743-3 £45.00*
Translation rights, pages 56 & 57: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gold Crown, from the Northern chamber of the Great Tomb of Hwangnam, Silla Kingdom.
Gyeongju National Museum, Korea
Left: Butterfly brooch, 1994, JAR. Sapphires, fire opals, rubies, amethysts, green garnets, black diamonds, silver, gold.
Private collection, Switzerland
Right: Frederic Remington, The Broncho Buster, 1895