{"id":560,"date":"2009-05-14T11:37:08","date_gmt":"2009-05-14T18:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2009\/05\/wu_guanzhong_abandoned_places\/"},"modified":"2009-05-14T11:37:08","modified_gmt":"2009-05-14T18:37:08","slug":"wu_guanzhong_abandoned_places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2009\/05\/wu_guanzhong_abandoned_places.html","title":{"rendered":"Wu Guanzhong: abandoned places, isolated lives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good NYT story<\/a> today by Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop on the great transitional figure of Chinese art, Wu Guanzhong, now 90. Online, it ran with no images, which is bizarre but still a frequent enough occurrence in newspapers that it goes largely unremarked. A visual art review devoid of images is like a diving suit without an oxygen tank. <\/p>\n

What has always struck me about Wu’s work is his tenderness for lost things. Below, The Ancient City of Jiaohe<\/i>, from 2007, via<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"WuGuanzhong.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>As a theme, it’s universal.<\/p>\n

Joseph Goldberg<\/i><\/a>,  Wall Ghosts<\/i>, 1999<\/p>\n

\"goldbergwallGhost.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>Ansel Adams<\/a>, St. Francis Church<\/i>, 1929,
\"anseladamssaintfrancischurch.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>Georgia O’Keeffe<\/a>, Ranchos Church No. 1<\/i>, 1929<\/p>\n

\"GeorgiaO'keeffe.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>
Jay Steensma<\/a>, Landscape<\/i>, 1991<\/p>\n

\"JaySteensma.jpg\"<\/span>
Jeremy Mangan<\/a>, The Little One<\/i>, 2009<\/p>\n

\"JeremyMangan.jpg\"<\/span>
Buddy Bunting<\/a><\/p>\n

\"BuddyBuntinglost.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>Whiting Tennis<\/a>, Stranded Tudor<\/i>, 2009<\/p>\n

\"TennisStrandedTudor.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>Gary Faigin<\/a>
\"garyfaginhouse.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>
Jesse Paul Miller<\/a>, Landscape<\/i>, 2007<\/p>\n

\"jessepaulmillerland.jpg\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/div>\n
David Hartt<\/a><\/p>\n

\"DavidHarttlost.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>John Divola<\/a><\/p>\n

\"johndivolahouse.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>Matt Sellars<\/a><\/p>\n

\"mattsellarsbarn.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>
Claire Cowie<\/a><\/p>\n

\"ClaireCowieOrange-Smoke.jpg\"<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

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Good NYT story today by Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop on the great transitional figure of Chinese art, Wu Guanzhong, now 90. Online, it ran with no images, which is bizarre but still a frequent enough occurrence in newspapers that it goes largely unremarked. A visual art review devoid of images is like a diving suit without an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-560","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}