Reassesses the contribution of women artists to the field of contemporary Chinese art with an in-depth account of five artists who reference the traditional form of ink and brush painting to subvert existing art historical narratives.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Introduction
1. Hiding in plain sight: where are the women?
2. Rituals of ink and water: painting as performance in the work of Xiao Lu
3. 'Upstairs girls': nü shu reinvented in the work of Tao Aimin
4. From silence to speech: mothers and daughters in the work of Ma Yanling
5. A trespasser in the literati garden: Bingyi's poetics of ink
6. Body calligraphy: Xie Rong's autobiographies
7. Conclusion: Ink art as a feminist praxis
Afterword
References
Index
