The Kwanyin Clan: Modern Literati Graffiti Writers

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_1777
dc.title	The Kwanyin Clan: Modern Literati Graffiti Writers. An Aesthetic and Text Analysis of their Main Artworks
dc.contributor.author	Iezzi Adriana
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Articolo
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2019/1/the-kwanyin-clan-modern-literati-graffiti-writers/
dc.description.abstract	After illustrating the varied artistic production of the Kwanyin Clan, one of the most important Chinese graffiti crews, this paper analyses six of their main artworks in detail (styles, techniques, aesthetic conceptions and artworks texts). In these artworks, the Kwanyin Clan tried for the first time to merge Euro-American graffiti practice with the ancient traditional arts practiced and appreciated by the Chinese literati (calligraphy, poetry, painting, seals and ceramics). Comparing the Kwanyin Clan members to ‘modern literati writers’, the present article shows how this crew succeeded in reinventing ancient Chinese art forms using Euro-American graffiti vocabulary, paving the way for a new development of graffiti art in China.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 55 \| Giugno 2019
dc.issued	2019-06-27
dc.dateAccepted	2019-06-24
dc.dateSubmitted	2019-03-18
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-3042
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2019/01/013
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Chinese literati
dc.subject	Chinese literati
dc.subject	Contemporary Chinese art
dc.subject	Contemporary Chinese art
dc.subject	Graffiti
dc.subject	Graffiti
dc.subject	Kwanyin Clan
dc.subject	Kwanyin Clan
dc.subject	‘Three perfections’
dc.subject	‘Three perfections’

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An Aesthetic and Text Analysis of their Main Artworks

Adriana Iezzi Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Italia

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abstract

After illustrating the varied artistic production of the Kwanyin Clan, one of the most important Chinese graffiti crews, this paper analyses six of their main artworks in detail (styles, techniques, aesthetic conceptions and artworks texts). In these artworks, the Kwanyin Clan tried for the first time to merge Euro-American graffiti practice with the ancient traditional arts practiced and appreciated by the Chinese literati (calligraphy, poetry, painting, seals and ceramics). Comparing the Kwanyin Clan members to ‘modern literati writers’, the present article shows how this crew succeeded in reinventing ancient Chinese art forms using Euro-American graffiti vocabulary, paving the way for a new development of graffiti art in China.

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27 Giugno 2019

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24 Giugno 2019

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18 Marzo 2019

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Keywords: Kwanyin Clan • Graffiti • Chinese literati • Contemporary Chinese art • ‘Three perfections’

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