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Woodblock print of front of museum building, on cover of 'Building the New Ashmolean', by Ashmolean Museum.

Building the New Ashmolean

By (author) Weimin He
Illustrated by Weimin He

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  • Artist and scholar Weimin He offers a beautiful and unusual documentation showing the construction of the new Ashmolean Museum
  • Bringing together the old and new worlds, Weimin used ancient woodblock printmaking methods with his portraits drawn on pi, xuan papers or album leaves, with brushes and inks
  • 324 drawings and woodblock prints
Full Description

Weimin He’s 324 ink drawings, pen sketches and woodblock prints comprise an intimate record of the progress of construction in the newly designed Ashmolean Museum that opened late last year. An unusual approach to documentation in the age of digital photography, the catalogue provides a delightful art experience for readers who will never set foot in the Ashmolean, which is the museum for the University of Oxford.

Weimin has drawn workers lifting roof beams, welding metal rods and pouring cement into the mixer. He gives us behind-the-scenes portraits of museum personnel, making each individual come alive, for example, an objects conservator at her work and a researcher in the prints room at his. An artist-in-residence at the museum and an art scholar, Weimin employed Chinese drawing and woodblock printmaking methods. His portraits were drawn on pi, xuan papers or album leaves, with Chinese brushes and inks that have been used for over a millennium. Seven of the prints and the catalogue were presented to Queen Elizabeth for the museum’s opening.

About the Author

Born in China's northeastern province of Heilongjiang, Weimin studied printmaking at the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang before establishing himself as a professional printmaker in Harbin. His work has been exhibited in Hamburg, Germany, in Belfast, Glasgow and at Sotheby's Institute of Art in London. He was a Christensen Fellow at the Ashmolean for four years.

Specifications
Publisher
Ashmolean Museum
ISBN
9781854442451
Published
2nd Nov 2010
Binding
Paperback / softback
Territory
World excluding Australasia
Size
290 mm x 245 mm
Pages
160 Pages
Illustrations
325 b&w
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