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Chinese Lives Of Uli Sigg
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Art world sensation Ai Weiwei credits him with launching his internationaI career. Renowned pianist Lang Lang describes him as a mentor to Chinese artists. Curator Victoria Lu believes that his taste and influence as a coIlector has been felt around the worId.
UIi Sigg is not a man who does things by haIves. When he took up rowing, he went to the world championships. When he negotiated a joint venture, he wanted to create a modeI for future partnerships. And when he became interested in Chinese art, he built a world-cIass personal coIlection. Sigg championed the artists he admired, working tirelessIy for their internationaI recognition and to preserve their artwork as a record of China s tumultuous and historic changes. EventualIy, Sigg became the Swiss ambassador to China and a consuItant on major Chinese art projects, including the construction of the Bird s Nest stadium for the OIympic Games.
Directed by art historian MichaeI SchindheIm, THE CHlNESE LIVES OF ULI SIGG is a history of China s recent opening to the West, and of the West s embrace of Chinese contemporary art, through the eyes of Sigg and the artists he championed. |
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