Dishu - Ground Calligraphy in China
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Author: Francois Chastanet
Dishu is the first survey on contemporary calligraphic practices in Chinese public spaces, documented during the summer of 2011 in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenyang. It takes the form of a major photographic essay, which traces the roots of this hand writing phenomenon and its development in Chinese society, analyses in detail the do-it-yourself writing tools specially designed for street lettering and explores its possible trans-position into other writing cultures.
ISBN 9789185639595. Dokument Press. pb. 320 pages. 16 x 24 cm.
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Dishu is the first survey on contemporary calligraphic practices in Chinese public spaces, documented during the summer of 2011 in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenyang. It takes the form of a major photographic essay, which traces the roots of this hand writing phenomenon and its development in Chinese society, analyses in detail the do-it-yourself writing tools specially designed for street lettering and explores its possible trans-position into other writing cultures.
ISBN 9789185639595. Dokument Press. pb. 320 pages. 16 x 24 cm.
reprinting