2. Chang Tsong-zung, Li Xianting, D. Ronte, et al.
China! Bonn, Kunstmuseum
Bonn, 1996. ill., ISBN 3 7701 3813 9, German text, 79,50 DM.
This catalogue accompanies a major exhibition at the Kunst Museum Bonn (February 29 - June
16, 1996). Twenty-six artists from seven regions of P.R.China present 146 works which have
hardly ever or never been shown in China or in Europe.
3. Sabapathy, T.K (ed.)
Modernity and beyond, themes in Southeast Asia art.
Singapore, Singapore Art Museum, 1996. 192p., ill., English text, SG$ 82.40.
This catalogue has been published to mark the occasion of the inaugural exhibition at the
Singapore Art Museum, January 21 - April 21, 1996. This two-component exhibition
(Themes and A Century) explores the varied approaches to making art
in Southeast Asia. Themes reveals the commitments, emotions and thoughts of Southeast Asian
artists. A Century surveys the history of art in Singapore.
4. Lenz, Iris.
Balanceakte. Stuttgart, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, 1995.
56p. German text.
This catalogue accompanied a touring exhibition (November 1995- February 1996) presenting
work by four young Chinese artists: Ni Haifeng, Leung Mee-Ping, Wang Gong-Xin and Wu
Mali.
5. Moss, Hugh, Victor Graham, Ka Bo Tsang.
A treasure of Chinese snuff bottles, the
Mary & George Bloch collection, volume 1: 'Jade'. Hong Kong, Paragon Publishers,
1996. 490p, 888 colour ill., English text, limited and numbered edition of 1000 copies, US$
280.00.
The first of seven volumes covering the entire Bloch collection of over 1400 snuff-bottles.
Volume 1, about jade bottles, covers every aspect of each of the 187 jade bottles in the
collection. Each piece demonstrates the genius of its carver, bringing out the best of the material
and concept.
6. Fong Wen and J.C.Y. Watt
Possessing the past, treasures from the National Palace
Museum, Taipei. Taipei, National Palace Museum, 1996. 660p., over 357 ill., English
text, US$85.00. Scholarly-oriented, this volume describes and illustrates all the objects in the
major travelling exhibition from the National Palace Museum, Taipei. This exhibition shows 140
masterworks of painting and calligraphy and 335 objects of jade, bronze, porcelain and other
media.
Highlights are extremely important Song paintings and ceramics, archaic jades and bronzes, and
the rarely seen miniature curio cabinets.
7. Addiss, Stephen.
How to look at Japanese Art. New York, Abrams, 1996. 144p.,
69 ill., ISBN 0 8109 2640-7 (pb), English text, US$ 19.95.
How to look at Japanese art introduces apprentice viewers to one of the oldest art traditions in
the world. This book makes a sometimes difficult subject accessible and inviting by helping
people deal more directly with the art. The book discusses in clear, straightforward terms, six
major arts of Japan: painting; sculpture; prints; ceramics; calligraphy; and garden design. The
author interweaves his discussion of the composition, colour, form, and subject matter of the
more than 60 works featured with a perspective treatment of their broader cultural context.
8. Wu, Hung.
Monumentality in early Chinese art & architecture. Stanford,
Paragon, 1996. 498p., 388 ill., 16 maps, cloth, English text, US$ 75.00.
Wu Hung investigates the notion of monumentality in Chinese art over the past 2,000 years.
Looking at architecture, decorative forms and pictorial compositions as a whole he shows the
incredible changes in Chinese art as it passes from monumental work associated with state and
religion to the appearance of individual artists and works done for the private individual.
9. Lipton, Barbara, N.D. Ragnubs
Treasures of Tibetan art: the collection of the Jaques
Marchais Museum of Tibetan art. New York, Paragon books, 1996. 352p., 75 colour/94
b/w ill., cloth, English text, US$ 59.95.
This catalogue presents for the first time the collection of the Jacques Marchais Museum of
Tibetan art. The selected objects are primarily examples of religious art from Tibet, China,
Mongolia, and Nepal. They include decorative temple and secular pieces, as well as several
contemporary works, and works from as early as the 15th and 16th centuries.
10. Kamstra, Sabrine, and Yoshihara, Mieko.
As far as Japan.... Den Bosch, KW 14,
Breda, NBKS, 1996. 68p., ill., Dutch/English text. DFL. 20,-.
The title of this exhibition, 'As far as Japan...', refers to both a physical and a cultural distance
between the Netherlands and Japan. The exhibition brings together a number of Dutch and
Japanese artists, of whom the latter have been working in the Netherlands for some time. Both
groups are inspired by the Japanese culture or society.