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At the Jincheng Hotel

At the Jincheng Hotel Drawings from China - The India List

Hardback (18 Mar 2025)

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Publisher's Synopsis

From one of India's best-known artists, an inspired exploration of China's cities and small towns and villages, highlighting landscapes and everyday life.

In 1985, K. G. Subramanyan visited China on an invitation from the China Artists Association, exploring Beijing, the Dunhuang caves, Xinjiang, Shaanxi, and Guangdong. Rather than its old monuments and new cities, what caught his eye were China's landscapes and the quotidian scenes of life in its small towns and villages.

During his travels, he preferred to make visual impressions rather than elaborate drawings. Upon returning to Santiniketan, he used those visual notes to produce a large body of ink works on card-sized handmade paper, as well as a few paintings, registering his recollections with precise calligraphic economy.

This volume brings together a number of these drawings and paintings along with Subramanyan's writings on China, giving us a rare insight into this cross-cultural interaction.

Book information

ISBN: 9781803094694
Publisher: Seagull Books
Imprint: Seagull Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 709.2
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 166
Weight: 364g
Height: 159mm
Width: 204mm
Spine width: 20mm