Pan Gongkai: Withered Lotus Cast in Iron

This catalogue is published by the Frye Art Museum in conjunction with its exhibitionPan Gongkai: Withered Lotus Cast in Iron, the first museum exhibition in the United States of distinguished Chinese artist Pan Gongkai (b. 1947). A contemporary master of ink painting, Pan Gongkai created a large-scale, site-specific ink painting extending the entire length of the museum’s largest gallery. An essay by Frye Director Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker reveals the artist’s early influences and the significance of the withered lotus.

9 x 8 in.

23 pages, 25 illustrations

Softcover, 2014