The Allure of Matter: Materiality Across Chinese Art Paperback

$35.00 at Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

This book focuses on the under-explored significance of materials throughout Chinese art.Since the inventions of porcelain and gunpowder, Chinese artists have experimented with unconventional artistic materials and used conventional materials in unorthodox ways. This groundbreaking volume is the first publication to expound the trans-historical importance of materiality in Chinese art by bringing together essays from leading scholars, curators, and conservators. Essayists Anne Feng, Yuhang Li, Wei-Cheng Lin…