Where the Truth Lies: The Art of Qiu Ying

FAIN: GI-266388-19

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA 90036-4504)
Stephen Little (Project Director: January 2019 to present)

Implementation of a single-site, temporary exhibition on the art of Ming Dynasty painter Qiu Ying (c. 1494–c. 1552). 

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) respectfully requests a $100,000 implementation grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support Where the Truth Lies: The Art of Qiu Ying, a temporary exhibition on view from February 9 to May 17, 2020. The exhibition focuses on the art of the Ming dynasty Wu School painter Qiu Ying (ca. 1494–ca. 1552), traditionally classified by Chinese art historians as one of the "Four Great Masters of the Ming Dynasty." Curated by Dr. Stephen Little, LACMA’s Florence & Harry Sloan Curator of Chinese Art, and Head, Chinese, Korean, and South & Southeast Asian Departments, the exhibition will include approximately 70 paintings and works on paper and silk from the 15th century to the 20th century. It will be accompanied by an extensive array of didactic materials and a full complement of interpretive humanities and educational programs, along with a fully illustrated 256-page catalogue.

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Where the Truth Lies: The Art of Qiu Ying (Catalog)
Title: Where the Truth Lies: The Art of Qiu Ying
Author: Stephen Little
Author: Wan Kong
Author: Einor Cervone
Abstract: Celebrated for his masterful brushstrokes, depictions of nature, and use of translucent blue-green pigments, Qiu Ying is the least known of the four Ming Dynasty masters of the Wu School. This elegantly produced and groundbreaking monograph, the first Western-language publication devoted to the painter, draws on new scholarship to offer a deep and rich appreciation of Qiu Ying's achievements beyond the landscapes for which he is renowned. Over eighty of the artist's paintings, including many of his most accomplished works, are presented in glorious color illustrations. The accompanying texts point readers to the painter's key stylistic qualities and show a clear chronological framework of his development as an artist. Fans of the lush, poetic painting of the Ming Dynasty and Chinese art history in general, will relish this definitive appreciation of an artist who transcended many boundaries that came to define Ming society and culture.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://www.worldcat.org/title/where-the-truth-lies-the-art-of-qiu-ying/oclc/1111637625&referer=brief_results
Primary URL Description: Few artists in Chinese history have proven as enigmatic as the great Ming dynasty painter Qiu Ying (c. 1494-c. 1552), whose life and art reveal a series of paradoxes. Though one of the most famous artists of the Ming period, almost nothing is known about his life. He is said to have been illiterate, yet surviving evidence demonstrates elegant writing. He is said to have had few followers, yet he was the most copied painter in Chinese history. Where the Truth Lies grapples with such issues as artists who cross social boundaries, literacy, and the importance of connoisseurship in determining quality and authenticity. This will be the first exhibition on Qiu Ying ever organized outside of Asia. In addition to masterworks by Qiu Ying, the exhibition will include works by his predecessors and teachers, his daughter Qiu Zhu, and followers from the early 16th through the mid-20th century
Catalog Type: Exhibition Catalog
Publisher: LACMA

Where the Truth Lies: The Art of Qiu Ying (Exhibition)
Title: Where the Truth Lies: The Art of Qiu Ying
Curator: Stephen Little
Abstract: Few artists in Chinese history have proven as enigmatic as the great Ming dynasty painter Qiu Ying (c. 1494–c. 1552), whose life and art reveal a series of paradoxes. Though one of the most famous artists of the Ming period, almost nothing is known about his life. He is said to have been illiterate, yet surviving evidence demonstrates elegant writing. He is said to have had few followers, yet he was the most copied painter in Chinese history. Where the Truth Lies grapples with such issues as artists who cross social boundaries, literacy, and the importance of connoisseurship in determining quality and authenticity. This will be the first exhibition on Qiu Ying ever organized outside of Asia. In addition to masterworks by Qiu Ying, the exhibition will include works by his predecessors and teachers, his daughter Qiu Zhu, and followers from the early 16th through the mid-20th century.
Year: 2020
Primary URL: https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/where-truth-lies-art-qiu-ying
Primary URL Description: Exhibition website on lacma.org.

Unframed Blog Post: Where the Truth Lies: The Art of Qiu Ying (Blog Post)
Title: Unframed Blog Post: Where the Truth Lies: The Art of Qiu Ying
Author: LACMA Exhibitions Department Staff
Abstract: A blog post entitled, "Now on View—Where the Truth Lies: The Art of Qiu Ying", for the Where the Truth Lies: The Art of Qiu Ying exhibition.
Date: 3/3/2020
Primary URL: https://unframed.lacma.org/2020/03/03/now-view—“where-truth-lies-art-qiu-ying”
Blog Title: Now on View—“Where the Truth Lies: The Art of Qiu Ying”
Website: lacma.org

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