Ding Yi / Watkins Jonathon (eds) / Birmingham : Ikon Gallery : 2006
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A.DYI.38Title and Statement of Responsiblity
Ding Yi = 丁乙 / Edited by Jonathan Watkins; Designed by Hernan Lelie and Stefania BonelliSummarization of Content
Exhibition catalogue for Ding Yi's 'Ding Yi: the appearance of crosses' held at the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 23 Nov 2005-22 Jan 2006.The exhibition, the artist's first solo show in the UK, comprised seventeen of Ding Yi's works dated from 1989, following the development of his career since he became expressly preoccupied with the simple cross motifs 'x' and '+'.
Ding Yi's paintings are extremely repetitive and systematic. This is a personal choice, quasi-obsessively, derived probably from his own youthful experience of working in a printing factory. His engagement with these simplest marks is so determined, so totally obsessive, that the content of the paintings is rejection of content itself. The process of painting for him is no longer a research for any narrative or emotional expression. Instead, painting is reduced to its minimal state.
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Birmingham, United Kingdom : Ikon Gallery , 2006Identifier for Manifestation
ISBN 1-904864-16-3Extent
63 pages 27 photographs (24.5cm x 24.5cm x 0.7cm)Content Form and Media Type
text , still image : unmediated
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esea contemporary Library Collection ➔ Research Lab ➔ ArtistsAccess and Use
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This publication is available in the esea ResearchLab for non-commercial private research use.Related Information
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Ding Yi, (b.1962), artist ; Ikon Gallery, (1965-) ; Watkins, Jonathan, (b.1957), CuratorKeywords & Terms
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