{"product_id":"passenger-of-silence-my-quest-for-the-ancient-arts-in-post-cultural-revolution-china-9791254600634","title":"Passenger of Silence: My Quest for the Ancient Arts in Post-Cultural Revolution China","description":"\u003cb\u003eFabienne Verdier's unique travel experience gave rise to a true adventure story and a fascinating body of work that combines Oriental inspiration with contemporary art, presented in this fully illustrated volume.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn artist travels to Communist China to learn the secrets of Chinese ink painting \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eWas it really reasonable to drop everything overnight and go off alone into the depths of Communist China in search of the forgotten secrets of ancient Chinese art? Fabienne Verdier never stopped to ask herself: in the early 1980s, the brilliant young Beaux-Arts student thought of nothing else but her desire to learn the art of painting and calligraphy - something that had been devastated by the Cultural Revolution. \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eAnd when, a foreigner in the province of Sichuan, she found herself in an art school run by the Party, she was determined to adjust to the situation: the language and the mistrust of the Chinese, the unbearable lack of privacy, the poverty and disease and an inquisitorial administrative system. Blocking the West from her mind, Fabienne Verdier became the pupil of great artists working at the margins of society, who introduced her to the secrets and techniques of an age-old art form. \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eThis unique experience amounted to a true adventure story, leading eventually to Verdier's fascinating artistic practice that combines east Asian inspiration with contemporary painting. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePassenger of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, an autobiographical travel journal by turns gripping and wholly moving, is an expanded English edition of the original French language text published by Albin Michel in 2005. New color photographs supplement the already richly illustrated volume, with over 100 images alongside a newly written glossary of aesthetic terms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Five Continents Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9791254600634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.70w x 1.20d","brand":"Fabienne Verdier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51299156558005,"sku":"9791254600634","price":40.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_47326482-e23c-4dfc-af34-7ad07e8c64c1.jpg?v=1751985535","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/passenger-of-silence-my-quest-for-the-ancient-arts-in-post-cultural-revolution-china-9791254600634","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}