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.
| Format |
Inbunden |
| Omfång |
188 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Hatje Cantz |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2020-11-05 |
| ISBN |
9783775747851 |
