Two Chinese Artists at Adventures of the Black Square: Abstract Art and Society, 1915–2015

Volume 14, Number 4, July/August 2015
by Voon Pow Bartlett


Article Description

Voon Pow Bartlett looks at history from a different perspective in her discussion of an exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery that examined the evolution of the “black square” in abstract art; she explores the perplexing inclusion of two artists from mainland China, Zhao Yao and Liu Wei, relative to the larger premise of the exhibition.


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