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Sinologist Simon Leys: "The reading of this book is an indispensable introduction for everybody desiring to approach and understand the formidable ferments at work in the Chinese artistic world at this moment."
In this book Sus Van Elzen investigates the transformation of China and the city of Beijing from 1949 up to the 2008 Olympics and beyond, with a particular focus on the role of artists and architects. The transformation of an urban environment, driven by economic and demographic forces but also by the cultural and political agenda of the government. The dynamic relationship, often thorny, between a powerful centralized government and an emerging group of free thinking artists.
FULL TITLE: Dragon & Rose Garden
SUBTITLE: Art and Power in China
13 DIGIT ISBN WITH DASHES: 978-908-14503-0-0
IMPRINT: Modern Chinese Art Foundation
US RETAIL PRICE: $19.95
PAGES: 208
WIDTH: 6.29
HEIGHT: 9.44
BOOK FORMAT: Vertical
PRODUCT_FORM: Paperback
BINDING SPECIFICS: Other
ILLUSTRATED: True
COLOR: 5
BLACK AND WHITE: 13
DUOTONE: 13
OFF PRESS/BOUND BOOK DATE: 09/01/09
COUNTRY BOOK IS SHIPPING FROM: China
CONTRIBUTOR 1 NAME: Sus Van Elzen
CONTRIBUTOR 1 ROLE: By author
CONTRIBUTOR 1 SHORT BIO: Born in 1945, Sus van Elzen studied German philology at university. He made his literary debut in 1989 with ‘Hoog boven de blauwe stad’ (High above the blue city) – three stories about revolution and war. His 1994 novel ‘Rina’ is set against the backdrop of war in Beirut. For some 20 years Van Elzen has been the foreign affairs editor of the Belgian weekly magazine Knack. He has written several books about the conflict in the Middle East, the latest being ‘De Palestijnen: de toekomst van een droom’ (The Palestinians: The future of a dream).
CONTRIBUTOR 2: Modern Chinese Art Foundation
CONTRIBUTOR 2 ROLE: Edited by
CONTRIBUTOR 3 NAME: Wenyue Xie
CONTRIBUTOR 3 ROLE:
CONTRIBUTOR 4 NAME: Gregory Ball
CONTRIBUTOR 4 ROLE: Translated by
CONTRIBUTOR 5 NAME: Wenyue Xie
CONTRIBUTOR 5 ROLE: By photographer
illustrations/ 5 color / 13 b&w / 13 duotone / 0 tritone
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