C.C. Wang: Lines of Abstraction

11/21/23 • 73 min

Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)

C.C. Wang (1907 to 2003) is best known as a preeminent twentieth-century connoisseur and collector of pre-modern Chinese art, a reputation that often overshadows his own art. "C.C. Wang: Lines of Abstraction" recenters Wangs extraordinary career in his own artistic practice to reveal an original quest for tradition and innovation in the global twentieth century. Spanning seven decades, the catalog focuses on the artists distinctive synthesis of Chinese ink painting and American postwar abstraction.

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