This catalogue was published in conjunction with the 'International Exhibition of Modern Calligraphy 2005 Hangzhou China' in 2005. The exhibition '[...] is divided into three sections: 'Shu Duan Bu Duan', 'Shu Hua Bu Hua' and 'Shu Wang Bu Wang'. The first shows the Chinese calligraphic tradition of consistency between character and writing in works that 'grasp' the old spirit'. The second includes work from East Asia and the Islamic world, revealing other calligraphic traditions and similar crises about the nature of calligraphy in a modern world. [...] Works in the exhibition's third section explore more tenuous relationships with the traditions of calligraphy, revealing how far calligraphy can travel from its traditions and origins without ceasing to be calligraphy. [...]' (by Xu Jiang, Calligraphy is More Than Writing, in 'The Act of Writing and of Non-Writing: The Open Space for Chinese Calligraphy - International Exhibition of Modern Calligraphy 2005 Hangzhou China', p.9) With artists' biographies.
shu•fei shu - fei kai fang de shu fa shi kong: 2005 zhong guo hang zhou guo ji xian dai shu fa yi shu zhan zuo pin ji
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Calligraphy is More Than Writing - XU Jiang, 許江
The Act of Writing and of Non-Writing: The Open Space for Chinese Calligraphy - International Exhibition of Modern Calligraphy 2005 Hangzhou China, 書•非書 - 非開放的書法時空: 2005中國杭州國際現代書法藝術展作品集
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