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Xiaowen Zhu. Oriental Silk (Bilingual)
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Type: Hardback
ISBN: 9783775747851
Date: 5th November, 2020
Publisher: HATJE CANTZ
Categories
- Theory
- Art Monographs
- Textile Artworks
Description
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. Specialising 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, colours, 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.