Structured around the concept and practice of writing, 'From Gesture to Language' extends to explore the relationship between concepts and creation. This exhibition amasses diverse forms of writing from the eighteenth century to the present day, including historical texts, prints, as well as videos, installations and performance works by contemporary artists. By putting these together the exhibition aims to break through traditional method of categorisation and make visible previously hidden linkages centring language across cultures. This allows the spectator to see how artists no matter they are in Asia or in the West, from the past or the present, have in common when contemplating conceptual expressions.
Please note that only Asian artists are indexed. Other participating artists include Georg Baselitz, Louise Bourgeois, Tony Cragg, Richard Deacon, Raphaël Denis, Philippe Favier, Franz Gertsch, Jenny Holzer, André Kneib, François Morellet, Zoran Music, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Giuseppe Penone, Arnulf Rainer, Cécile Reims, Martin Salazar, Kiki Smith, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Terry Winters.
Cong shou shi dao yu yan
Onsite
Chinese - Simplified, 
English, 
French
painting,  printmaking,  installation,  video art,  performance art,  conceptualism,  minimalism,  contemporaneity,  language,  transnationalism,  group exhibition
2013
350
9787540463625
1
catalogue
To be Absolutely Modern: Engraving and Contemporary Creation / 絕對做一個現代人: 版畫與現代創作 - Pascal Torres GUARDIIOLA
Making Figures: Performative Powers of Language in Contemporary Art / 呈現形象: 當代藝術中語言表述行為的力量 - Larys FROGIER
From the Louvre to the Rockbund Art Museum / 從盧浮宮到外灘美術館 - CHEN Tong, 陳侗
The Unavoidable Dream / 無法抗拒的夢 - Jean-Philippe TOUSSAINT
From Gesture to Language: Ex-position / 從手勢到語言展覽 - Pascal Torres GUARDIIOLA
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