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With numerous silk-screened pages and an eight-page double-sided gatefold, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVisualizing Dunhuang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e stands as a definitive reference for scholars, collectors, and libraries in art history and Asian studies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished in association with the Tang Center for East Asian Art, Princeton University\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e36.58 cms H x 40.64 cms L x 30.73 cms W 3128 pages, 9-Volume set, hardcover, June 2021.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INGRAM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39949396213951,"sku":"","price":69000.0,"currency_code":"THB","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1817\/products\/ScreenShot2021-06-03at5.35.16PM.png?v=1622716634"},{"product_id":"central-asia-a-new-history-from-the-imperial-conquests-to-the-present","title":"Central Asia: A New History from the Imperial Conquests to the Present","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e**If not in-store, please allow up to 2 weeks for delivery** \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eหากหนังสือหมดจากหน้าร้าน\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eเราจะส่งภายใน\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e 10-14 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eวัน\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA major history of Central Asia and how it has been shaped by modern world events\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCentral Asia is often seen as a remote and inaccessible land on the peripheries of modern history. Encompassing Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and the Xinjiang province of China, it in fact stands at the crossroads of world events. Adeeb Khalid provides the first comprehensive history of Central Asia from the mid-eighteenth century to today, shedding light on the historical forces that have shaped the region under imperial and Communist rule.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePredominantly Muslim with both nomadic and settled populations, the peoples of Central Asia came under Russian and Chinese rule after the 1700s. Khalid shows how foreign conquest knit Central Asians into global exchanges of goods and ideas and forged greater connections to the wider world. He explores how the Qing and Tsarist empires dealt with ethnic heterogeneity, and compares Soviet and Chinese Communist attempts at managing national and cultural difference. He highlights the deep interconnections between the Russian and Chinese parts of Central Asia that endure to this day, and demonstrates how Xinjiang remains an integral part of Central Asia despite its fraught and traumatic relationship with contemporary China.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe essential history of one of the most diverse and culturally vibrant regions on the planet, this panoramic book reveals how Central Asia has been profoundly shaped by the forces of modernity, from colonialism and social revolution to nationalism, state-led modernization, and social engineering.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e4.83 cms H x 23.88 cms L x 15.75 cms W 576 pages, hardcover, June 2021.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INGRAM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39949555335359,"sku":"","price":1400.0,"currency_code":"THB","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1817\/products\/ScreenShot2021-06-03at6.10.50PM.png?v=1622718837"},{"product_id":"the-last-embassy-the-dutch-mission-of-1795-and-the-forgotten-history-of-western-encounters-with-china","title":"The Last Embassy: The Dutch Mission of 1795 and the Forgotten History of Western Encounters with China","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e**If not in-store, please allow up to 2 weeks for delivery** \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eหากหนังสือหมดจากหน้าร้าน\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eเราจะส่งภายใน\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e 10-14 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eวัน\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gunpowder Age\u003c\/i\u003e, a book that casts new light on the history of China and the West at the turn of the nineteenth century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGeorge Macartney's disastrous 1793 mission to China plays a central role in the prevailing narrative of modern Sino-European relations. Summarily dismissed by the Qing court, Macartney failed in nearly all of his objectives, perhaps setting the stage for the Opium Wars of the nineteenth century and the mistrust that still marks the relationship today. But not all European encounters with China were disastrous. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Embassy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e tells the story of the Dutch mission of 1795, bringing to light a dramatic but little-known episode that transforms our understanding of the history of China and the West.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing on a wealth of archival material, Tonio Andrade paints a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of an age marked by intrigues and war. China was on the brink of rebellion. In Europe, French armies were invading Holland. Enduring a harrowing voyage, the Dutch mission was to be the last European diplomatic delegation ever received in the traditional Chinese court. Andrade shows how, in contrast to the British emissaries, the Dutch were men with deep knowledge of Asia who respected regional diplomatic norms and were committed to understanding China on its own terms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeautifully illustrated with sketches and paintings by Chinese and European artists, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Embassy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e suggests that the Qing court, often mischaracterized as arrogant and narrow-minded, was in fact open, flexible, curious, and cosmopolitan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e4.32 cms H x 23.88 cms L x 15.49 cms W 424 pages, Hardcover, June 2021.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INGRAM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39949931315391,"sku":"","price":1400.0,"currency_code":"THB","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1817\/products\/ScreenShot2021-06-03at7.16.33PM.png?v=1622723107"},{"product_id":"the-last-kings-of-shanghai-the-rival-jewish-dynasties-that-helped-create-modern-china","title":"The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e**If not in-store, please allow up to 2 weeks for delivery** \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eหากหนังสือหมดจากหน้าร้าน\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eเราจะส่งภายใน\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e 10-14 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eวัน\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn epic, multigenerational story of two rival dynasties who flourished in Shanghai and Hong Kong as twentieth-century China surged into the modern era, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShanghai, 1936. The Cathay Hotel, located on the city's famous waterfront, is one of the most glamorous in the world. Built by Victor Sassoon--billionaire playboy and scion of the Sassoon dynasty--the hotel hosts a who's who of global celebrities: Noel Coward has written a draft of Private Lives in his suite and Charlie Chaplin has entertained his wife-to-be. And a few miles away, Mao and the nascent Communist Party have been plotting revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the 1930s, the Sassoons had been doing business in China for a century, rivaled in wealth and influence by only one other dynasty--the Kadoories. These two Jewish families, both originally from Baghdad, stood astride Chinese business and politics for more than 175 years, profiting from the Opium Wars; surviving Japanese occupation; courting Chiang Kai-shek; and losing nearly everything as the Communists swept into power. In The Last Kings of Shanghai, Jonathan Kaufman tells the remarkable history of how these families participated in an economic boom that opened China to the world, but remained blind to the country's deep inequality and to the political turmoil at their doorsteps. 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This new volume in the World of Art series reframes Chinese art since the end of China's Cultural Revolution more than four decades ago, placing it in the context of the nation's unprecedented cultural, political, and urban transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on original research by writer, curator, and leading scholar in the field of contemporary Chinese art, Jiang Jiehong, this volume explores the area through firsthand materials and in-depth interviews with more than thirty artists. Providing the most up-to-date understanding of contemporary Chinese art, Jiang includes a variety of media, ranging from painting, printmaking, sculpture, and photography to installation, video, performance, and participatory art. Featuring over 150 color images of artworks by more than fifty internationally renowned Chinese artists, including Ai Weiwei and Zhang Peili, as well as emerging artists, such as Zhao Zhao,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Art of Contemporary China\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epresents a wide variety of practices through curatorial discussions and images of original installation views and historical art events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat emerges are revelations on art, and new insights into contemporary China. 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Lily Chumley shows the connections between this creative explosion and the Chinese government's explicit goal of cultivating creative human capital in a new \"market socialist\" economy where value is produced through innovation.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDrawing on years of fieldwork in China's leading art academies and art test prep schools, Chumley combines ethnography and oral history with analyses of contemporary avant-garde and official art, popular media, and propaganda. 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These 100-volume is the first of these returns, a \"publishing return\" whereby scholars, researchers, and art enthusiasts can access these ancient texts through these 100 volumes, a milestone in new source materials and study of ancient Chinese printing, woodcut illustrated books, and the contents of these volumes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThese volumes includes works along a lengthy timeline, from the Song dynasty all the way to late-Qing period, including Confucius texts, Daoism, Buddhism, literature, epigraphy, illustrated books, and many more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThe books will be released in September 2022. 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This beautiful book contains 200 exquisite motifs to re-create, from flowers and fruits to wildlife and scenery. This book starts with a brief history of Chinese painting styles, followed by a chapter on materials, tools, and basic techniques. The heart of the book is a directory of 200 motifs, starting with the Four Gentlemen \"the bamboo, orchid, plum, blossom and crysanthemum. Chinese painting courses usually begin with the Four Gentlemen because the wide range of strokes required to paint each of them provides a catalog of strokes that can then be used to paint any other subject.\u003ci\u003eThe Chinese Brush Painting Bible \u003c\/i\u003eis especially designed for artists of all levels, beginner to advanced, who are looking to hone their skills in a specific style of artwork. The books are 6.5in x 8in, hardcover with an internal spiral binding so they lay open flat as readers follow the steps on their own canvas. This book is beautifully illustrated and contains hundreds of colorful pieces of artwork, photographs, and helpful diagrams. Step-by-step instructions help guide artists through the learning process.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e2.29 cms H x 20.32 cms L x 16.51 cms W 256 pages, Softcover spiral bound, July 2011 (latest printing 2021).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INGRAM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40141723467967,"sku":"","price":600.0,"currency_code":"THB","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1817\/products\/ScreenShot2021-07-03at10.15.38PM.png?v=1625325482"},{"product_id":"aiweiwei1000","title":"1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows by Ai Weiwei","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**Forthcoming 2 November 2021** Pre-Order Now to reserve a copy!\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eหนังสือออกวันที่\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 2 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eพฤศจิกายน\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 2564 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eนี้\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eสั่งจองล่วงหน้าได้เลยเพื่อให้ได้รับอย่างรวดเร็วเมื่อหนังสือออก\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003eHailed as \"an eloquent and seemingly unsilenceable voice of freedom\" by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAi Weiwei has written a sweeping memoir that presents a remarkable history of China over the last hundred years while also illuminating his artistic process.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003eOnce an intimate of Mao Zedong and the nation's most celebrated poet, Ai Weiwei's father, Ai Qing, was branded a rightist during the Cultural Revolution, and he and his family were banished to a desolate place known as \"Little Siberia,\" where Ai Qing was sentenced to hard labor cleaning public toilets. Ai Weiwei recounts his childhood in exile, and his difficult decision to leave his family to study art in America, where he befriended Allen Ginsberg and was inspired by Andy Warhol. With candor and wit, he details his return to China and his rise from artistic unknown to art world superstar and international human rights activist--and how his work has been shaped by living under a totalitarian regime.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003eAi Weiwei's sculptures and installations have been viewed by millions around the globe, and his architectural achievements include helping to design the iconic Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium in Beijing. His political activism has long made him a target of the Chinese authorities, which culminated in months of secret detention without charge in 2011. Here, for the first time, Ai Weiwei explores the origins of his exceptional creativity and passionate political beliefs through his life story and that of his father, whose creativity was stifled.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003eAt once ambitious and intimate, \u003ci\u003e1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows\u003c\/i\u003e offers a deep understanding of the myriad forces that have shaped modern China, and serves as a timely reminder of the urgent need to protect freedom of expression.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e400 pages, Hardcover, November 2021.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HARDCOVER: The Art Book Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40840615067839,"sku":"","price":1400.0,"currency_code":"THB","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1817\/products\/ScreenShot2021-10-08at2.45.15AM.png?v=1633636202"},{"product_id":"m-sigg","title":"Chinese Art Since 1970: The M+ Sigg Collection by Pi Li","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**Forthcoming 11 January 2022** Pre-Order Now to reserve a copy!**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eหนังสือออกวันที่\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 11 มกราคม\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 2565 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eนี้\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eสั่งจองล่วงหน้าได้เลยเพื่อให้ได้รับอย่างรวดเร็วเมื่อหนังสือออก\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Sigg Collection is recognized as the most important and comprehensive collection of Chinese art today. It was acquired by M+, a new museum of visual culture in Hong Kong, in 2012 from the Swiss businessman, diplomat, and art collector Uli Sigg. The collection consists of 1,510 works of contemporary Chinese art, dating from the 1970s to the present and ranging across all media. It offers a unique insight into the remarkable flowering of experimental artistic practices in China during this time--a period of unprecedented social and economic change in the country that saw artists devise new, sometimes radical, approaches to artmaking, formulating new connections between art and society, and developing ground-breaking conceptual methodologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished to coincide with the presentation of the M+ Sigg Collection at the opening of the M+ building,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eChinese Art Since 1970\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efeatures more than 600 works by more than 300 artists represented in the collection, among them Ai Weiwei, Cao Fei, and Geng Jianyi. After introductory essays by Pi Li and Uli Sigg, an illustrated chronology spanning the years 1972 to 2020 highlights important social events, exhibitions, and artistic movements to establish a context for the discussion of the featured artists and their work that follows. Punctuating this discussion are contributions from renowned art historians, curators, and critics together with in-depth explanations of key concepts and events, from Cynical Realism to the seminal exhibition China\/Avant-Garde. Through the medium of the world's pre-eminent collection of contemporary Chinese art, this volume offers an unparalleled introduction to one of the most culturally dynamic periods in modern Chinese history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePi Li\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Sigg Senior Curator, Visual Art, and Head of Curatorial A airs at M+. 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Its varied collections include more than 6,000 works and objects from the worlds of visual art, moving image, and design and architecture; more than 1,500 works of contemporary Chinese art from the M+ Sigg Collection; the M+ Collection Archives, comprising some 45,000 items; and the M+ Library Special Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eM+ Collections: Highlights\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epresents the work of more than 300 artists, designers, film-makers, photographers, and architects, specially selected to represent the collections as a whole, from Zhang Peili and Charlotte Perriand, to Nam June Paik, Zaha Hadid, and Shigeru Ban. Each chapter encompasses a different decade of the collections' span, from the 1950s to the present. The book consists of individual entries on featured makers, each paired with an insightful analysis by an M+ curator. 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A record of one person's fierce refusal to follow a path laid down for her by the rest of the world.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eBest Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehe 15-million copy bestselling travelogue-memoir from legendary Taiwanese author Sanmao, translated into English for the very first time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeafing through the pages of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eas a young girl growing up in Taiwan, Sanmao became enchanted by the infinite and wonderous landscape of the Sahara. Years later, in 1974, she sets out for the Spanish desert territory of El Aaiún in hopes of becoming the first female explorer to cross the hauntingly beautiful expanse. 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Although economic efficiencies often prevailed over design, their buildings were rooted in their time and place, reflecting the local climate, social values, materials, technique and use in an often unique and pragmatic fashion. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith more than 300 buildings and ensembles documented, the new publication “Hong Kong Modern Architecture of the 1950s-1970s” by Walter Koditek gives a comprehensive overview on the architecture of that transformative period in combining full-page photographs with detailed background information and further b\/w images explaining and illustrating the design and history of these buildings. Information about the architects behind the projects and a series of academic essays penned by renowned scholars Cecilia L. 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Crucially, the uniform framing and composition of these compelling facade images directs attention not only to often overlooked architectural details, but also to the varied informal appropriations that transformed their modernist characters over time. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book aims to serve as a reference and enhance knowledge on modernist architecture of the post-war era in Hong Kong, and will contribute to the discussion of its architectural merit, historic and cultural values. Its publication was supported by the Goethe-Institut Hongkong, Design Trust Seed Grant, and Docomomo Hong Kong.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWalter Koditek\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a German urban planner, author and photographer based in Hong Kong. After graduating at Technical University Berlin, Walter’s first professional life had him practicing for almost two decades at various planning\/design consultancies and teaching at university. In 2006, he relocated to Asia, where he worked as an urban planning expert in Cambodia and Vietnam. He moved on to Hong Kong in 2014, using the city as a base for his consultant work, and documenting its unique architectural landscape with his camera whenever possible. Walter has always been a strong advocate of cultural heritage conservation. 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