Xiaowen Zhu. Oriental Silk

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-7757-4785-1
Verlag: Hatje Cantz Verlag

Buch, Chinesisch, Englisch, 196 Seiten, Format (B × H): 194 mm x 248 mm, Gewicht: 558 g

Reihe: Monografie

Can corporate history be art? This question can only be asked if one is not familiar with the fascinating long-term project by the Chinese artist Xiaowen Zhu. Anyone who has experienced Oriental Silk will answer this question with a clear “yes.” The project’s title is also the name of a company founded in Los Angeles in the early 1970s. Specializing in trading and distributing silks, it was headed for decades by Kenneth Wong and his family. Through her multi-sensory works Zhu opens up a multifaceted view of a firm that is distinguished, like its silk products, through its own haptics, style, colors, and values. The people, places, and stories that make up the phenomenon of Oriental Silk form a fascinating, vivid tapestry in which the past and present, art and life, are closely interwoven.

XIAOWEN ZHU (*1986, Shanghai) calls herself a “visual poet and aesthetic researcher.” For her artistic studies she combines diverse materials and media to create an experience that articulates the specific world she inhabits. She lives in Berlin

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Weitere Mitwirkende

Zhu, Xiaowen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Einzelne Künstler: Biographien, Monografien

Über Autor(innen)

Zhu, Xiaowen
XIAOWEN ZHU (*1986, Shanghai) bezeichnet sich selbst als 'visuelle Poetin und ästhetische Forscherin'. Für ihre künstlerischen Studien verbindet sie unterschiedliche Materialien und Medien zu einer, ihre spezifische Lebenswelt artikulierenden Erfahrung. Sie lebt und arbeitet in Berlin.