The Proportions of Rectangles by Lau Chung Hang/ Hong Kong: Friendship Printing Company Limited: 1999

Bibliographic Record

Access Point

OA.LCH.31

Title and Statement of Responsiblity

The Proportions of Rectangles by Lau Chung Hang = 劉中行長方形的比例 / Friendship Printing Company Limited; Printed in Hong Kong

Summarization of Content

Monograph presenting Lau Chung Hang's work, The Proportions of Rectangles, originally presented during his 3rd year Fine Art Project at  Ravensbourne College of Art and Design (London), 1981-1982. 

The work is "is a minimalist work, which includes 100 drawings with equivalent number of pages of data. Each page of data coupled with a corresponding drawing. The pages are arranged in a manner like the grids of a narrative cartoon, culminating in a series which can be viewed as a work of visual art, or bound and read as a book."

Publication/Production/Distribution Information

Hong Kong : Friendship Printing Company Limited , 1999

Extent

219 pages ; 110 paintings (30.3cm x 21.4cm x 2cm)

Content Form and Media Type

text , still image : unmediated

Location

esea contemporary Library Collection ➔ Oversized ➔ Artists

Access and Use

Conditions on Access

This publication is available in the esea ResearchLab for non-commercial private research use.

Related Information

People and Organisations

Lau Chung Hang, artist ; Friendship Printing Company

Places

Hong Kong ; Hong Kong

Keywords & Terms

text ; still images ; Chinese ; English ; Latin (script) ; Illustrations ; unmediated ; books ; On site ; monographs ; Han (Traditional variant) ; monochrome ; Silent ; drawings

Descriptive Note

Note

Formerly S2.038

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