Book Chinese Art: Impossible Collection

• 194 pages
• More than 100 illustrations
• In English language
• Released in February 2022
• L 40 x W 47 x D 7 cm
• Handcrafted edition in luxury flip case
• ISBN: 9781614288848
• 9.072 kg

Author

Adrian Cheng is a prolific and dedicated collector of contemporary Chinese art and a powerful force on the global art scene. In 2020, ArtReview ranked him twelfth on its list of the 100 most influential people in the art world. This influence is due in part to his K11 Art Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes emerging artists internationally. Cheng also holds positions at some of the world's leading art institutions, including the Center Pompidou in Paris, the Met in New York and the Royal Academy in London.

John Dodelande, tech art entrepreneur, businessman and investor, is perhaps best known as one of the leading collectors of contemporary Chinese art. Dodelande has spent the last decade building a collection of some of the most important living Chinese artists, members of the post-1980s generation that saw China's rapid urbanization.
The same age as most of the artists, Dodelande feels that the artists speak the same language as him, a relationship strengthened by his travels to meet the artists in person. “I know them all,” he said. “Being in their studios, observing their body language and feeling their internal strength – it helps me make sense of art. » He feels a particularly intense connection with pieces containing hidden elements of humor, poetry and humanity. Dodelande uses his collection to attract well-deserved recognition among the younger generation of Chinese artists, from organizing events to lending artwork to museums. Dodelande was the first to organize an exhibition of contemporary Chinese art in Georgia. He is convinced that the universality of art is a means of forging a new Silk Road, a significant network of commercial and cultural links between East and West.

Craftsmanship

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