Martin Wong: Malicious Mischief
$125.00
Unit price
per
Author: Wong, Martin
Straddling East and West Coast pfostwar art cultures from the late 1960s until his death, Martin Wong painted narratives of queer existence, marginal communities and gentrification in a visual vocabulary that merged Chinese iconography, urban poetry, graffiti and sign language. This title situates Wong’s exhilarating painterly explorations within his era and his complex cultural position, reproducing an abundance of paintings from across his career.Wong took a thrillingly irreverent stance on sexual and political topics that were rarely given recognition within the art discourses of the time.
ISBN 9783753303406. Walther König, Köln. pb. 352 pages. 320 colour, 20 b/w ills. 28.6 x 21.6 cm.
not available
Straddling East and West Coast pfostwar art cultures from the late 1960s until his death, Martin Wong painted narratives of queer existence, marginal communities and gentrification in a visual vocabulary that merged Chinese iconography, urban poetry, graffiti and sign language. This title situates Wong’s exhilarating painterly explorations within his era and his complex cultural position, reproducing an abundance of paintings from across his career.Wong took a thrillingly irreverent stance on sexual and political topics that were rarely given recognition within the art discourses of the time.
ISBN 9783753303406. Walther König, Köln. pb. 352 pages. 320 colour, 20 b/w ills. 28.6 x 21.6 cm.
not available