REPUBLIC OF CHINA AUTHOR
Zao Wou-Ki
Also known as: Zao Wou-ki, Wou-ki Zao
This is a map of China.
— from China
Most acclaimed
Autoportrait
1996
"Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) was an artist who infused art with personal reference, subjective expression, and allusion to real time and emotion. Among the foremost subjects and objects that Mapplethorpe pursued were the self, the body, body parts, sexual organs, and sexuality.". "The black-and-white Polaroid photographs that Mapplethorpe produced during the early 1970s constitute an in-depth self-portrait, intently and graphically exploring expressions, moods, postures, and actions that range from angelic and innocent to sinister and erotic. Comprised of Mapplethorpe's earliest photographs, Autoportrait presents the artist's most revealing attempts to wed the erotic and sexual with other theoretical concerns.". "Containing numerous unpublished photographs, Autoportrait confirms Mapplethorpe's aesthetic alignment with other artists of his generation while simultaneously presenting his singular vision that helped shift the direction of late-twentieth-century art. With an informative essay by noted scholar Richard Marshall, Autoportrait is certain to be an invaluable addition to the literature on Robert Mapplethorpe. It is produced in association with the Cheim and Read Gallery, New York City."--BOOK JACKET.
China
"Edward Rutherfurd has enthralled millions of people with his grand, sweeping historical sagas that tell the history of an iconic place over multiple generations. Now, in China: The Novel, Rutherfurd takes readers into the rich and fascinating milieu of the Middle Kingdom. The story begins in 1839, at the dawn of the first Opium War. An English merchant arrives in the restricted port of Canton (Guangzhou), seeking to make his fortune trading opium. But the tide of addiction is decimating the Chinese population--a young scholar accompanies his Mandarin master on a mission from the emperor to shut down the trade. Thus begins an epic tale chronicling China's struggle to regain their ancient land and culture from the domination of the Western powers, which culminates in the revolution of 1911, and the ultimate rise of the Communist regime. We meet a young village wife struggling with the rigid traditions of her people, Manchu empresses and warriors, the powerful eunuchs of the Forbidden City, rapacious English opium dealers and savvy Chinese pirates, artists, concubines, scoundrel's and heroes. Rutherfurd chronicles the rising and falling fortunes of members of Chinese, British, and American families, as they negotiate the tides of history. Along the way, in his signature style, Rutherfurd provides a deeply researched portrait of Chinese history and society, its ancient traditions and great upheavals, and China's emergence as a rising global power. We are treated to romance and adventure, battles and intrigues, grinding struggle and incredible fortune. China: The Novel brings to life the rich terrain of this vast and constantly evolving country. From Shanghai to Beijing to the Great Wall, Rutherfurd chronicles the turbulent rise and fall of empires as the colonial West meets the opulent and complex East in a dramatic struggle between cultures and people. Extraordinarily researched and majestically told, Rutherfurd paints a thrilling portrait of one of the most singular and remarkable countries in the world"-- 1839, at the dawn of the first Opium War. An English merchant arrives in the restricted port of Canton (seeking to make his fortune trading opium. But the tide of addiction is decimating the Chinese population, and a young scholar accompanies his Mandarin master on a mission from the emperor to shut down the trade. Over the centuries China struggles to regain their ancient land and culture from the domination of the Western powers; the fortunes of members of Chinese, British, and American families rise and fall, and the tides of history bring to life the rich terrain of this vast and constantly evolving country. -- condensed from publisher info
Signe(s)
2002
Evoquant les grandes polémiques de son époque : le communisme, la guerre d'Indochine, des faits divers en liens directes avec les grands philosophes contemporains, cet essai permet une traversée de l'oeuvre même, dans ses grandes interrogations de l'oeuvre de Merleau-Ponty.