Tong Yanrunan was born in 1977 in Jiujiang, China and lives and works in Hangzhou. His work is a sustained investigation into the nature of perception and the construction of identity. In a large body of work titled Manjuelong Comrades, Tong has documented many of the inhabitants of the small farming village of Manjuelong near Hangzhou, Tong's interpretation of likeness to true nature, rather than superficial appearance, gives each of these works its own very special quality. The present catalogue provides Tong's biography, together with essays by Jonathan Thomson and Zhang Renyuan on the physiology of perception and the philosophical basis of Tong's art.
Access level
Onsite
publisher
editor
Location code
MON.TYR
Language
Chinese - Traditional,
English
Keyword
Publication/Creation date
2007
ISBN / ISSN
9789889838867
No of copies
2
Content type
artist monograph,
catalogue
Chapter headings
About Face - Jonathan THOMSON
Images Beyond Portraits: Contemplating Like Lao Zhuang - ZHANG Renyuan, 章仁緣
About face: Tong Yanrunan, 像中之象
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