USC Pacific Asia Museum - The Charles T. Townley Collection

2023

THE CHARLES T. TOWNLEY COLLECTION

COLLECTOR’S STATEMENT FROM DR. CHARLES T. TOWNLEY My interest in contemporary Chinese art began with the purchase of a collage by Tang Guo at the Shanghart Gallery in 1996. I was in China attending a professional conference and visiting ex-pat friends who were living in Shanghai’s prestigious Portman Hotel Apartments. While in the hotel lobby, I saw about ten Tang Guo collages on a 60-foot wall that served as Shanghart’s sole gallery and the only contemporary gallery in Shanghai. I wanted to take home a nice, non-touristy object and decided the Tang Guo collage was it. Following some confusion at the front desk, the Shanghart director, Lorenz Helbling, was located and appeared. After a brief discussion, I made the purchase and went back to New Mexico to hang it on my dining room wall never expecting what would follow.

I was fortunate to receive a Fulbright Senior Lectureship at Beijing Normal University in 1999. A persistent collector of antiques and art, I began to explore the Beijing art scene, liked what I saw, and started collecting. Quickly, I came to understand that contemporary art is an integral part of the social fabric of China. After the 1989 Tiananmen riots decimated the intellectual community, contemporary popular and fine art became major vehicles for advocating progressive change in Chinese society. Some artists documented social and political injustice and provided leadership for change. Sheng Qi, for example, took on government repression with his paintings like “Tiananmen Recollections in the Evening.” Zhang Dali led Beijing rent strikes and neighborhood preservation efforts, while carving or spray painting his iconic images in the ruins of reconstruction such as “Beijing Toilet.”

My growing enthusiasm included attending art performances often in basements, fields, and halffinished buildings. I loved the experiential, slightly subversive nature of it all. This dynamic relationship between art and society is something that I could understand as a result of practicing my profession in American Indigenous communities where this relationship is very important. In the beginning, this relationship between art and society was the main driver of my collecting efforts.

However, contemporary art in China has many other dimensions. It influences and is influenced by art throughout the world. Sometimes western practices are adopted without significant change. Examples include Aniwar Mamat’s untitled abstracts of Turkic rugs, Tang Ping’s untitled prints, and Jiang Weitao’s “Untitled Work 0812.” At other times, western influences are minor as in Jin Weihong’s “Elated” ink painting and Cui Dezheng’s “Yu Yao Island” woodcut. But most of the time western concepts are modified to address Chinese aesthetics and understanding. Examples include figurative art like Liu Qinghe’s “Swimming,” environmental art like Shi Zhonging’s “Floating Cloud Hut, No.2,” alternate formats like Tan Xiaolei’s video “Belief,” and western schools such as surrealism as seen in Yao Yi’s photograph “Red Shadow No.2,” and pop art like Yu Youhan’s print “Chairman Mao in Discussion with the Peasants of Shaoshan.” While I am not a qualified art scholar in any sense, I came to appreciate and collect works in these areas as well.

During my 1999 Fulbright appointment, I collected work at three galleries in Beijing. Brian Wallace at Red Gate got me started with Su Xinping’s lithograph “Fish Feast” and Tan Ping’s “Untitled” engraving. Meg Maggio, then at Courtyard Gallery, provided Shao Keping’s woodblock “Floating to the Future.” And Emily Zhang at Qin Gallery sold me Yu Xiaodon’s “Tibetan Girl” painting. I also travelled frequently to Shanghai to visit friends, always stopping at Shanghart, now a proper gallery operating out of a small building near Fuxing Park in the French Concession. Here I bought more work from Lorenz Helbling including, Wu Yiming’s mysterious ink painting “Woman in Purple” and Zhao Bandi’s satirical photograph “No Smoking” featuring his iconic panda bear.

I was appointed as a visiting professor of information science and higher education at Beijing Normal University at the end of the 1999 Fulbright, a relationship that lasted until 2018. This gave me the opportunity to return to Beijing every two years or so to teach a course. In 2006, I received a second Fulbright at Beijing Normal University and lived there an entire year.

In 2010, I co-chaired a Fulbright sponsored international conference on civic education which gave me six more weeks in Beijing. Beginning in 2015, Victor Roberts, my companion, joined me in visiting galleries and studios and selecting art for the collection.

Throughout the 2000 -2020 period, I continued to work with the aforementioned gallerists as well as Christophe Mao at Chambers Fine Art. I also began meeting with individual artists and curators, many of whom, like Sheng Qi and Ai Weiwei, speak excellent English, enhancing my ability to understand the artists, their work and their relationship with Chinese society. I began to collect some works in other media, like Liang Shuo’s “Migrant Worker in the City” maquette, Ding Yi’s “Appearance of Crosses” fan, and Song Hongquan’s “Lotus Seed” sculpture. I completed the collection with the purchase of Birdhead Collective’s “Passion Bloom Ambitions” mixed media piece at Art Basel Hong Kong in 2019.

Throughout the 20-year period I spent developing this collection, I witnessed the changing dynamics of the Chinese contemporary art market. Most important has been the growing acceptance of contemporary art by the Chinese urban public. Several years ago, Brian Wallace told me that about half his sales are now going to Chinese nationals, up from near zero in the 1990s. This demonstrates the growing cosmopolitan nature and wealth of Chinese urban residents.

Efforts to make Chinese art conform to government priorities were muted throughout the period between 1989 and 2020.

As a result, contemporary art bloomed during this period.

However, since Xi Jinping’s 2014 lectures on art, actions to encourage “socialist values” and promote state guidance in art have greatly increased. These changes are apparent to me and others as art addressing politics and progressive social issues is less frequent and western art concepts, with the exception of social realism, are less apparent. I feel truly fortunate to have collected Chinese contemporary art in the period of creativity, openness and experimentation from 1989 to 2020. I hope visitors to the USC Pacific Asia Museum will appreciate and learn from this collection.

FROM USC PACIFIC ASIA MUSEUM The Charles T. Townley Collection is an important addition to the USC Pacific Asia Museum’s permanent collection, and we are excited to share it with the public in this online format. As we strive to create an inclusive and wide-ranging collection of artworks from across Asia and the Pacific Islands, one of USC PAM’s objectives is to ensure that late 20th and 21st century perspectives are included in both our collection and our galleries. With the addition of the works in the Charles T. Townley Collection, our dedication to the arts of China and to contemporary art are further solidified for generations to come.

USC PAM’s history of commitment to contemporary Chinese art began with the 1987 exhibition Beyond the Open Door: Contemporary Paintings from the People’s Republic of China and continued with a second exhibition, I Don’t Want to Play Cards with Cézanne and Other Works: Selections from the Chinese “New Wave” and “Avant-garde” Art of the Eighties in 1991. Artwork featured in these exhibitions, with many now in the USC PAM permanent collection, highlighted the increased social, cultural, and political change that transpired in the late 1980s as artists embraced intellectual freedoms and looked to global art trends, leaving behind the social realism taught in local academies. New media and an enthusiasm for individual expression have led to the current flourishing of contemporary Chinese artists throughout the world.

The Townley Collection, featuring artworks dating from the 1990s until 2020, picks up where the previous PAM exhibitions left off. Dr. Townley was inspired to collect contemporary Chinese art because of the artists’ multifarious, subversive methods of visualizing their concerns about social and political change. The staggering amount of cultural and environmental change that has transpired in Chinese cities is also reflected in the artwork found in the Townley Collection. Dr. Townley’s interest in representing a diverse range of artists’ perspectives echoes the mission of USC PAM: to inspire encounters with the art, history, and culture of Pacific Asia to promote intercultural understanding in the service of elevating our shared sense of humanity. We are honored to be the home of the Charles T. Townley Collection and we look forward to providing access to these works of art for students, professors, and the public. As a university museum, we find particular appeal in the fact that Dr. Townley’s initial interest in contemporary Chinese art was deeply connected to his experiences as a professor in Beijing and his donation of the collection is intended to serve our university community and beyond.

We want to thank Dr. Charles T. Townley and Victor T. Roberts for their unwavering support of USC PAM and for their attention and generous energy over the years. With the gift of his collection, Dr. Townley has helped to expand representation of contemporary art and voices at USC PAM.

ARTWORKS

LIU QINGHE SWIMMING CHINA, 2003 INK AND WATERCOLOR ON PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2018.10.2

CHEN XIAOXIONG IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD CHINA, 1997 OIL ON CANVAS GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2019.2.1

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SHAO KEPING FLOATING TO THE FUTURE (6/15) CHINA, 1981 REDUCTION WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.15

JIN WEIHONG ELATED CHINA, 1995 INK AND COLOR ON PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.11

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CHEN QI BETWEEN THE MOUNTAINS CHINA, 2004 WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.5

WANG YUPING FISH CHINA, 2000 OIL ON CANVAS GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2019.2.10

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SU XINGPING FISH CHINA, 2008 WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.43

SU XINGPING UNTITLED (THE PACIFIC) CHINA, 2010 ETCHING ON PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.44

SU XINGPING SHADOW CHINA, 2011 LITHOGRAPH GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.45

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XIE GUOPING STREET SCENE DURING THE 2008 QUAKE CHINA, 2009 ACRYLIC ON CANVAS GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2019.2.12

WU YIMING

SUN WENWEN

WOMAN IN PURPLE

UNTITLED (FIGURE)

CHINA, 1999

CHINA, 2019

OIL ON CANVAS

OIL ON CANVAS

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

2019.2.11

2022.3.46

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YANG CHUN UNTITLED (WALL) CHINA, 2014 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2019.2.14

ZHOU JIRONG LITTLE LANDSCAPE, NO. 3 CHINA, 2011 MIXED MEDIA ON HANDMADE PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2019.2.17

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YAN YU

ZHOU JUN

WOMAN'S PORTRAIT

HUANGPU RIVER, SHANGHAI (4/10)

CHINA, 2001

CHINA, 2006

OIL ON CANVAS

DIGITAL C-PRINT WITH COLOR

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

2019.2.13

2019.2.18

ZHANG DALI BEIJING TOILET CHINA, 1996 INKJET PRINT ON CANVAS GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2019.2.16

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YU YOUHAN JUST WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES TODAY’S HOME SO MODERN, SO APPEALING? (39/100) CHINA, 2002 SILKSCREEN PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2019.2.15

DING YI APPEARANCE OF CROSSES 93-B8 CHINA, 1993 ACRYLIC ON PAPER FAN GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2019.2.2

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HONG HAO MY THINGS CHINA, 2010 DIGITAL SCAN AND PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.21

LU ZHIPING A VASE IS NOT JUST A VASE CHINA, 2008 SILKSCREEN PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.31

KONG GUOQIAO VESSEL CHINA, 2011 ETCHING ON PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.25

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HAN QING NIGHT TRIP NO. 21 CHINA, 2005 OIL ON CANVAS GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2019.2.3

HU JIEMING SOMEPLACE - E CHINA, 2006 PRINTED DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2019.2.4

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LUAN XIAOJIE SWIMMER CHINA, 2004 OIL ON CANVAS GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2019.2.8

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LI JIN NO DESIRES CHINA, 1998 INK AND WATERCOLOR ON PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2019.2.5

LI JIN PROBLEMS SOLVED ON THE HORIZON CHINA, 1998 INK AND WATERCOLOR ON PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2019.2.6

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LI JINGUO

TANG MAOHONG

UNTITLED (SCHOLAR'S STONE)

ORCHID FINGER-6 (10/46)

CHINA, 2014

CHINA, 2005

MIRROR, PAPER COLLAGE, LED LIGHT

SERIGRAPH

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

2019.2.7

2021.1.21

TAN PING UNTITLED (1/1) CHINA, 1998 ETCHING ON PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2019.2.9

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YU XIAODONG TIBETAN GIRL CHINA, 1998 OIL ON CANVAS GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.22

TACA SUI PAGODA OF THE SIX HARMONIES CHINA, 2015 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH, ARCHIVAL PIGMENT PRINT ON BARYTA PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.19

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ZHAO BANDI NO SMOKING (85/280) CHINA, 1999 C-PRINT PHOTOGRAPH GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.2

YU YANG SELF PORTRAIT CHINA, 2006 OIL ON CANVAS GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.24

ZHANG MUCHEN

CHEN JIAYE

DOG (MUDRA SERIES)

TO TEAR, NO. 9

CHINA, 2014

CHINA, 2013

LIGHT BOX: WOOD, RICE PAPER,

OIL ON CANVAS

PLEXIGLAS, LEDS, SENSORS, ACRYLIC

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

2021.1.4

2021.1.26

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TANG CHENGHUA UNTITLED CHINA, 2003 ETCHING ON PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.47

TANG CHENGHUA UNTITLED CHINA, 2004 ETCHING ON PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.48

TANG CHENGHUA UNTITLED CHINA, 2005 ETCHING ON PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.49

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SU XINPING FISH FEAST CHINA, 1998 COLOR LITHOGRAPH GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.1

SHENG QI TIANANMEN RECOLLECTIONS IN THE EVENING, DIPTYCH CHINA, 2006 OIL ON CANVAS GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.17

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GADE (SCULPTURE); JASON SANGSTER (PHOTOGRAPHER) ICE BUDDHA NO. 1 (3/12) CHINA, 2006 COLOR DIGITAL C-PRINT PHOTOGRAPH GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.6

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GADE

XUE SONG

BODHI LEAVES – KUNG FU PANDA

COCA COLA (9/66)

CHINA, 2015

CHINA, 2005

ACRYLIC AND BODHI LEAVES ON CANVAS

SERIGRAPH AND TRANSFER PRINT

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

2022.3.11

2021.1.23

HONG HAO NEW WORLD POLITICAL MAP (46/82) CHINA, 2000 SERIGRAPH GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.9 PAGE / 19

SONG GUANGZHI LIGHT OF OLYMPIC GAMES CHINA, 2007 WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.37

LU ZHIPING UNTITLED CHINA, 2006 ETCHING ON PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.30

LIU QINGHE BEYOND THE BANK CHINA, 2010 SILKSCREEN PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.29

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CHEN YUFEI SURVIVOR CHINA, 2009

ANIWAR MAMAT UNTITLED

OIL ON CANVAS

CHINA, 1996

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.5

OIL ON CANVAS WITH GOLD LEAF GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.3

SU XINGPING

CHEN QINGQING

COMRADE

XI SHI

CHINA, 2004

CHINA, 2007

LITHOGRAPH

ULTRA GICLÉE PRINT

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

2022.3.39

2022.3.8

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HE XUN UNTITLED CHINA, 2014 ACRYLIC ON BOARD GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.8

GUAN WEI FLOATING NO. 10 CHINA, 1998 GOUACHE ON BOARD GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.7

WANG KUOKUO RECREATING NATURE - D 2017 NO. 006 CHINA, 2017 MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.54

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ZHENG XU SCHOOL OF FISH 3 CHINA, 1997 SERIGRAPH GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY ZHOU JIRONG

2022.3.69

WAKING OF THE INSECTS, NO. 1 CHINA, 1993 SERIGRAPH GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.28

CUI DEZHANG YU YAO ISLAND CHINA, 2014 WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.10

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LU PENG LEAF WIZARD CHINA, 2011 ETCHING ON PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.32

SU XINGPING UNTITLED (FIGURE) CHINA, 2003 LITHOGRAPH GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.38

CHEN QI DREAMING BUTTERFLY NO. 7 CHINA, 2003 WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.4

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HE KUN STRETCH CHINA, 2003 HE KUN ROOSTER CHINA, 2004

REDUCTION WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.13

REDUCTION WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.14

HE KUN AUSPICITY CHINA, 2005 REDUCTION WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.15

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HE KUN CHINESE YEAR OF DINGHAI CHINA, 2006 REDUCTION WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.16

HE KUN SWEETHEART CHINA, 2007 REDUCTION WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.17

HE KUN FXXKING AWESOME CHINA, 2008 REDUCTION WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.18

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HE KUN HOODLUM HARE CHINA, 2010 REDUCTION WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.19

HE KUN DRAGON FIGURE CHINA, 2011 REDUCTION WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.20

KANG JIANFEI HOLDING A KINGDOM CHINA, 2005 LITHOGRAPH GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.22

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LIU YAN ROMANCE OF THE PAST LIFE CHINA, 1998 INK AND COLOR ON BOARD GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.13

LV PENG BIRDCAGE CHINA, 1998 INK AND COLOR ON BOARD GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.14

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LI JINGUO RAY CHINA, 2013 LED, CRYSTAL RESIN GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.27

ZHANG MUCHEN UNTITLED (BUDDHIST ROSARY) CHINA, 2014 MIXED MEDIA (WOOD, METAL CHAIN, STAINLESS STEEL, ARTIST HANDS, SENSOR) GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.78

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SU XINGPING UNTITLED (LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES) CHINA, 2006 LITHOGRAPH GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.41

SU XINGPING SILENT TOWN, SERIES 1 CHINA, 2007 SILKSCREEN PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.42

TANG CHENGHUA UNTITLED CHINA, 2006 ETCHING ON PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.50

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YU YOUHAN CHAIRMAN MAO IN DISCUSSION WITH THE PEASANTS OF SHAOSHAN CHINA, 2016 LITHOGRAPH GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.65

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CHEN QI SPRING TIDE CHINA, 2007 WATERMARK PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.7

ZHANG ZHAOHUI INK MONDRIAN NO.1 CHINA, 2014 INK ON RICE PAPER ON PANEL GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.27

XU BAOZHONG VIEW CHINA, 2011 ETCHING ON PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.61

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XU BAOZHONG IN THE CITY CHINA, 2010 ETCHING ON PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.60

TANG GUO UNTITLED CHINA, 1996 COLLAGE WITH INK, GOLD LEAF AND HANDMADE PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.20

SU XINGPING UNTITLED CHINA, 2005 LITHOGRAPH GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.40

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TANG CHENGHUA UNTITLED CHINA, 2007 ETCHING ON PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.51

XU BAOZHONG ARCHAIC DEBRIS - INSPIRED BY KEIFER CHINA, 2005 ETCHING ON PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.58

XU BAOZHONG EXPRESSION ABOUT ENVIRONMENT NO. 1 CHINA, 2008 ETCHING ON PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.59

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TANG CHENGHUA UNTITLED CHINA, 2008 ETCHING ON PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.52

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ZENG QIANZHI SWIM CHINA, 2004 LITHOGRAPH GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.66

LI GANG FISH NO. 1 CHINA, 2002 BRONZE GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.12

SONG HONGQUAN LOTUS SEED CHINA, 2016 MARBLE GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.18

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ZHOU YUNPENG

KONG GUOQIAO

NOTHING (POEM)

NOTHING

CHINA, 2013

CHINA, 2013

ENVELOPE (MANILA PAPER, STRING) CONTAINING

ETCHING ON PAPER

A MINI-CD; MOUNTED ON LITHOGRAPH

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

2022.3.24

2022.3.90 A PAIR ED. 21/60 FIRST POEM IN A SERIES OF 10 POEMS AND 10 PRINTS “RIVER ON PAPER.”

NOTHING - ZHOU YUNPENG A GIRL, QUIET AS THOUGH THINGS WERE NOT THE

THE HUMAN WORLD FELL SILENT AND THERE WAS

SAME,

NO WAY TO HEAR HER

SAT IN MY ROOM,

IT WAS AS THOUGH SHE DIDN’T SOB SILENTLY THE

BREATHING LIKE PLANTS IN THE NIGHT-TIME

SAME WAY

THROUGHOUT HER LIFE, SHE HAD SAID JUST ONE

LIKE MY HAIRS WERE BEING PULLED OUT WITH

THING:

TWEEZERS

WE ARE MARRIED

BUT THERE WAS THAT DAY

SHE DIDN’T BUY CLOTHES

WHEN SHE DIDN’T DIE THE SAME WAY

DIDN’T WATCH THE EVENING NEWS

I DIDN’T FEEL

AS THOUGH NOTHING WAS PURE IN THE SAME WAY

DESPAIR, FUTILITY, AND ANGST, DESPERATION IN

YET SHE

THE SAME WAY

DIDN’T HAVE A HOSTILE MOTHER

HAVING LOST ALL DIMENSIONS,

SO SHE WASN’T CURSED FOR LOVING ME

MY SURROUNDINGS,

AT NIGHT

DENSE AND NUMBING DIGITS COUNTED LOUDLY

SHE DID NOT LIE QUIETLY BESIDE ME IN THE SAME

I WAS LEFT A

WAY

ZERO

SHE HUGGED ME

EVEN LESS THAN NOTHING

LIKE SOMEONE SAD TOUCHING THE PAST

TRANSLATED BY DR. BRUCE G. DOAR

IT WAS AS THOUGH SHE NO LONGER SANG TO ME THE SAME WAY

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XI CHUAN

ZHOU JIRONG

FOLK SONGS (POEM)

FOLK SONGS

CHINA, 2013

CHINA, 2013

LITHOGRAPHY

SILKSCREEN PRINT

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

2022.3.56

2022.3.89

A PAIR ED. 21/60 SECOND POEM IN A SERIES OF 10 POEMS AND 10 PRINTS, “RIVER ON PAPER.”

FOLK SONGS - XI CHUAN ORTHERN SHAANXI. DAWN. FROM DARKNESS TO THE

I SUSPECT ALL THESE FOLK SONGS ARE STEEPED IN

DARK EXPANSE. COLD STARS. THE NORTH FORMED

THE MORNING COLD;

FROM MOUNTAIN PEAKS. THE YELLOW RIVER

WITH THE CROW OF THE COCK, I SUSPECT ALL THESE

COLLIDING INTO ICE FLOES FROM THE GRASSLANDS.

FOLK SONGS REVEAL THE LAND’S DEEP-LAYERED

THE PLUNGING OF ITS CATARACTS. THE JOLTED

LONELINESS.

HEART. I’M UP EARLY AND I’M ON THE ROAD. AT THE

A PALL OF GLOOM SURROUNDS THE TUMBLEDOWN

EDGE OF TOWN THE HARD-EDGE FACES. ADVERSE

TEMPLE. SHEEP DREAM OF BREAKFAST AND OF

FATE. GAZING AT THE GROUND THE FIRST CROW FLIES. ADVERSE FATE. THE DOG WITH THAT LEG TRACKING HIS PREY. THE LONG-HAUL COACH ABOUT TO LEAVE. THE BLEARY-EYED DRIVER. A HAWKER. TWO FARMERS. A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CLERK. TWO CHILDREN AND THREE MOTHERS. SEVERAL BRAZIERS. CURSES AND WINTER’S COLD. THE LANGUAGE OF TIME’S PASSAGE. THE CONQUERED IRON. STRANGERS DRAWING COMFORT FROM ENCOUNTERS. STRANGERS IN THEIR FOLLY ACTING OPPORTUNELY. OUTSIDE, THE WINTER SEASON. AN UNCLAIMED SHEEPSKIN. A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING. OUTSIDE, THE WIND. THE LOUD CLATTER OF FOOTSTEPS. SINGING VOICES

MATING. THE FOLK SONGS THAT GREW WITH THE EARTH ARE THE FIELDS THAT RESIST HARVESTING BY STAR LIGHT. HOARSE SNATCHES OF SONG HEARD WITH THE GUSTS OF WIND, HEARD BY ME, ARE, I SUSPECT, THE VOICES OF THE FIELDS AND THE RIDGES; I EVEN WONDER WHETHER WHAT I HEAR ARE REALLY FOLK SONGS, BECAUSE ON THIS COLD MORNING, THERE ARE NO FACES, CHESTS, OR MOUTHS. BECAUSE, WITH THE SUN’S RISE, NO SONG CAN LONGER HOVER, WITH ONLY AN IRON PLOUGH, LIKE SOME TALL CROW, LEFT TOWERING IN THE FIELD.

SCATTERED BY THE WIND. FROM SUIDE TO LÜLIANG. AN ORDINARY DAY. A MOUNTAIN ROAD OF 140 LI.

1987.2 1989.2

THE FIRST RAYS OF DAWN. I AM MOVED. I HEAR THE

TRANSLATED BY DR. BRUCE G. DOAR

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YANG LIAN

YANG FENG

WATER'S RETURN JOURNEY (POEM)

WATER'S RETURN JOURNEY

CHINA, 2013

CHINA, 2013

LITHOGRAPHY

WOODCUT PRINT

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

2022.3.63

2022.3.62

A PAIR ED. 21/60 THIRD POEM IN A SERIES OF 10 POEMS AND 10 PRINTS “RIVER ON PAPER.” WATER’S RETURN JOURNEY - YANG LIAN THIS IS THE BLOOD STILL SPILLING FROM THE SIX YEAR OLD’S BATH THE TICKET STILL CLUTCHED THROUGH THE YEARS IN HIS HAND STILL CLINGS TO THE FERRY TO DEATH THE SHORELINE AS CLEAR AS THE LINE EDGING LIFE THE PAIN MORE PRECISE THAN THE CAST IRON GRILLE THE LIGHT THROUGH THE WATERS IMPLODES BEYOND SIGHT THE ALPINE CATHEDRAL SLIDES DOWN, TO TRUNCATED AND QUIVERING BLUE STARED AT, THE SKY IS DRAWN CLOSE TO THE FACE, FLOATING WHITE LONG LINES STILL SWAY, FROM THE MAP OF YOUR LIFE THE DEAD PIGEON’S WINGS, JUST HANG TO ONE SIDE THE WATERS STILL GATHER, THE PAST TO THEIR DEPTHS, RECALLING THE HANDS THAT CAN NO LONGER MOVE, AWAY FROM THE ERROR OF LOSS YOUR BLOOD STILL FLOATS AT THE FLESH-COLORED POINT, WHERE THE FERRY WENT DOWN, SURVIVING THE WEEKEND, THAT FINAL WEEKEND, AT THE LAKE AND THOUGH A TORN PAPER BAG HAS BEEN QUIVERING FOR YEARS AN OLD LADY FEEDS PIGEONS, HER BODY ALL BONE TRANSLATED BY DR. BRUCE G. DOAR

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XIAO KUAN

ZENG QIANZHI

THE LONELY MANDARIN FISH (POEM)

THE LONELY MANDARIN FISH

CHINA, 2013

CHINA, 2013

LITHOGRAPHY

WOODCUT PRINT

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

2022.3.57

2022.3.67

A PAIR ED. 21/60 FOURTH POEM IN A SERIES OF 10 POEMS AND 10 PRINTS “RIVER ON PAPER.” THE LONELY MANDARIN FISH - XIAO KUAN RIDING ON THE FERRY LOOKING FOR THAT LONELY MANDARIN FISH HER BLACK AND WHITE SQUINTED EYES PEERING UP THROUGH THE DRUNKEN STEAM STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BRANCHES THE WALNUT TREE ON THE SHORE FLASHING LIGHT THE LONELY MANDARIN FISH SINKS TO THE BOTTOM SWINGING HER PRIMEVAL DORSAL FIN 2013.7 TRANSLATED BY DR. BRUCE G. DOAR

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BEI DAO

GUANG JUN

ON THE ROAD (POEM)

ON THE ROAD

CHINA, 2013

CHINA, 2013

LITHOGRAPHY

WOODCUT PRINT

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

2022.3.2

2022.3.12

A PAIR ED. 21/60 FIFTH POEM IN A SERIES OF 10 POEMS AND 10 PRINTS “RIVER ON PAPER.” ON THE ROAD - BEI DAO JULY, AN ABANDONED QUARRY THE BLUSTERING WIND AND FIFTY KITES WHEELING PEOPLE KNEELING FACE THE SHORE THEY’VE TOSSED OUT THE MILLENNIAL WAR I ALLOW FOR TIME DIFFERENCES AND SO GET THROUGH LIFE CHEERS FOR FREEDOM THE SOUNDS OF GOLDEN SANDS EMERGING FROM THE WATER TOBACCO TASTED BY THE BABY RESTLESS IN THE WOMB ITS MOTHER’S HEAD SHROUDED BY FUMES I ALLOW FOR TIME DIFFERENCES AND SO GET THROUGH LIFE

I ALLOW FOR TIME DIFFERENCES AND SO GET THROUGH LIFE BEES FORM SWARMS AND CRUISE THE GARDENS WHERE DRIFTERS STROLL THE SINGER AND THE BLIND MAN STUN THE NIGHT SKY WITH THEIR BRILLIANT DUET I ALLOW FOR TIME DIFFERENCES AND SO GET THROUGH LIFE ON THE MAP THAT COVERS DEATH THE ENDPOINT IS A DROP OF BLOOD THE SENTIENT STONE BENEATH MY FEET IS LEFT BY ME NOT MEMORY TRANSLATED BY DR. BRUCE G. DOAR

THIS CITY IS BEING RELOCATED ITS HOTELS LARGE AND SMALL ARE SET ON RAILS THE SUNHATS OF THE TOURISTS TURN AS SOMEONE SHOOTS AT THEM

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ZHAI YONGMING

KOU JIANGHUI

LIES (POEM)

LIES

CHINA, 2013

CHINA, 2013

SILKSCREEN PRINT

LITHOGRAPH

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

2022.3.68

2022.3.26

A PAIR ED. 21/60 SIXTH POEM IN A SERIES OF 10 POEMS AND 10 PRINTS “RIVER ON PAPER.” LIES - -ZHAI YONGMING JUST FORTY-THREE MUSCLES GIVE RISE TO THE MYRIAD OF EXPRESSIONS ON OUR FACES EVERY DAY, IN OVER A THOUSAND STATEMENTS THERE ARE A HUNDRED LIES THIS IS THE SCIENTIFIC DATA I READ WHEN I’D GROWN UP EVERY DAY, YOU ARE MY POLYGRAPH OCTOBER 2011 TRANSLATED BY DR. BRUCE G. DOAR

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WU ANG

LIU CHUNJIE

BREASTS (POEM)

BREASTS

CHINA, 2013

CHINA, 2013

LITHOGRAPHY

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GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

2022.3.55

2022.3.28

A PAIR ED. 21/60 SEVENTH POEM IN A SERIES OF 10 POEMS AND 10 PRINTS, “RIVER ON PAPER.” BREASTS - WU ANG BEFORE THE MIRROR, PREMENSTRUAL THEY SUBTLY SWELL FROM TWO TENDER RECEPTORS TO TWO PHILOSOPHERS A PAIR LOCKED IN DIALOGUE AND DRAWING CLOSER THEY ADDRESS EACH AS PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF STATE THEY EVEN DISCUSS IRAQ AND THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT TO SEEK APPROPRIATE SOLUTIONS SEPTEMBER 13, 2007 TRANSLATED BY DR. BRUCE G. DOAR

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CHUN SHU

KANG JIANFEI

MOURNING OUR FRIENDSHIP ON THIS NIGHT

MOURNING OUR FRIENDSHIP ON THIS

(POEM)

NIGHT

CHINA, 2013

CHINA, 2013

LITHOGRAPHY

WOODCUT PRINT

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

2022.3.9

2022.3.23

A PAIR ED. 21/60 EIGHTH POEM IN A SERIES OF 10 POEMS AND 10 PRINTS “RIVER ON PAPER.” MOURNING OUR FRIENDSHIP ON THIS NIGHT - CHUN SHU I’VE REACHED MY TIME OF DYING AS YOU SAID, IF YOU’RE NOT FREE THEN YOU SHOULD DIE FOR ME, FREEDOM IS THE FEELING I’VE NEVER LOVED ANOTHER NOT ONE PERSON, NOT TWO, NOT ANYONE FOR A SONG, I BOUGHT A CASSETTE FOR SOMETHING SAID, I WAS FILLED ALL DAY WITH HATRED THIS HAS TO BE MY OWN PROBLEM IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU, AND NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MILLIONAIRE I ONCE WANTED TO FUCK AND THEN FUCKED 2002.10.28 TRANSLATED BY DR. BRUCE G. DOAR

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LV YUE

SHANG CHANGRONG

WHEN I MAKE LOVE, I CLOSE MY EYES (POEM)

WHEN I MAKE LOVE, I CLOSE MY EYES

CHINA, 2013

CHINA, 2013

SILKSCREEN PRINT

LITHOGRAPH

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

2022.3.33

2022.3.35

A PAIR ED. 21/60 NINTH POEM IN A SERIES OF 10 POEMS AND 10 PRINTS, “RIVER ON PAPER.” WHEN I MAKE LOVE, I CLOSE MY EYES - LV YUE WHEN I MAKE LOVE, I CLOSE MY EYES WHEN I HATE, I OPEN THEM THEN REFUSE TO CLOSE MY EYES AGAIN STARING AT LOVE, THERE IS NOTHING TO BE SEEN WHEN I MAKE LOVE, MY LOUD SWEARING TURNS INTO GENUINE CURSES FUCK ME DEAD, FUCK ME DEAD UNTIL I’M DEAD, LIKE A PARROT LOUDLY PARROTING THAT LOVE KNOWS NO MERCY TRANSLATED BY DR. BRUCE G. DOAR

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SHEN HAOBO RIVER (POEM) CHINA, 2013 SILKSCREEN PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.36

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PAIRED WITH 2022.3.53 ED. 21/60 TENTH POEM IN A SERIES OF 10 POEMS AND 10 PRINTS, “RIVER ON PAPER.”

RIVER

AT THE RIVER THE MASTER ASKED: “DO THE WATERS ALWAYS FLOW SO FAST?” SHEN HAOBO

THEY DO NOT GO AS SINGLE CARS, BUT LIKE THE BREAKERS TO THE SHORE THEY GO WAVE AFTER WAVE; THEY ARE THE SHOCK WAVES OF MOLTEN IRON, THE SURGING WATERS OF THE STREAM THE VERY TORRENTS THAT SHAPE OUR TIMES

I STAND ON THE ROAD WITH ITS STEADY STREAM, LIKE A ROCK REFUSING TO BE CRUSHED THE BUBBLING BILLOWS RUSH BEFORE ME THIS ERA IS BY NOW A TORRENT IN FULL FLOOD ….

WE DO NOT HAVE TO RAISE OUR HEADS, WE KNOW HEAVEN DOES NOT EXIST AND THAT THERE IS NO GOLDEN CROW LIVING IN THE SUN. BUT LIKE THE SPARKLING STARS THAT ARE PUSHED TO THE DISTANT HEIGHTS THE RIVER OF HUMANITY NUDGES OUR HOLLOW BODIES TOWARDSTHE FUTURE.

WANG JIAZENG

YET WHO IS THERE WHO STILL RECITES THE

RIVER

SAGE’S WORDS?

CHINA, 2013 ETCHING ON PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.53

“TIME FLOWS LIKE THIS RIVER, DISREGARDING DAY AND NIGHT”.

2006/06/21 FIRST DRAFT 2008/04/18 REVISED

TRANSLATED BY DR. BRUCE G. DOAR

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ZHANG GUANGHUI UNTITLED CHINA, 2003 WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.70

ZHANG GUANGHUI UNTITLED CHINA, 2004 WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.71

ZHANG GUANGHUI UNTITLED CHINA, 2005 WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.72

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ZHANG GUANGHUI QUODIS ARCANA OF THE CHINA DONG JING REGION – SOIL FOREST CHINA, 2006 WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.73

ZHANG GUANGHUI CADENCE NO. 2 CHINA, 2007 WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.74

ZHANG GUANGHUI STATUS NO. 1 CHINA, 2008 WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.75

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ZHANG GUANGHUI WANG FUJIN CHINA, 2010 WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.76

ZHANG GUANGHUI DOWN THE VALLEY CHINA, 2011 WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.77

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ZHOU JIRONG SHADOWS CHINA, 2003 SILKSCREEN PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.81

ZHOU JIRONG SHADOWS CHINA, 2004 SILKSCREEN PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.82

ZHOU JIRONG ANCIENT TOWER CHINA, 2005 SILKSCREEN PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.83

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ZHOU JIRONG UNCANNY CHINA WORKMANSHIP OF NATURE - JINGDONG FOREST CHINA, 2006 SILKSCREEN PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.84

ZHOU JIRONG NEST CHINA, 2007 SILKSCREEN PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.85

ZHOU JIRONG FANTASTIC CITY CHINA, 2008 SILKSCREEN PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.86

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ZHOU JIRONG UNTITLED CHINA, 2010 SILKSCREEN PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.87

ZHOU JIRONG HARMONIC RHYTHM CHINA, 2011 SILKSCREEN PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.88

CHEN QI FAN SCENERY CHINA, 2006 WOODCUT PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.6

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ZHAO BO FRAGMENT NO. 229 CHINA, 2007 OIL ON CANVAS GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.79

ZHAO BO FRAGMENT NO. 220 CHINA, 2007 OIL ON CANVAS GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.80

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ZHENG XUEWU UNTITLED (96/116) CHINA, 1996 COLOR LITHOGRAPH; MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.25

NONG SHAOHUA STORIES OF THE BIKES CHINA, 2018 OIL ON CANVAS GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.34

SONG TAO; JI WEIYU

JIANG WEITAO

PASSION BLOOM AMBITIONS – THE WAKING

ABSTRACT LITERATURE

OF THE INSECTS, NO. 28

CHINA, 2010

CHINA, 2018 OIL ON CANVAS GELATIN SILVER PRINT, ACRYLIC, ALLOY

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

NAILS, BASSWOOD, ELM WOOD

2021.1.10

GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.3

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YAO YI RED SHADOW NO. 2 CHINA, 2011 DIGITAL C-PRINT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.64

SHI ZHONGYING FLOATING CLOUD HUT, NO. 2 CHINA, 2014 STAINLESS STEEL GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.16

LIANG SHUO MIGRANT WORKER IN THE CITY (2/10) CHINA, 2003 BRONZE; PIGMENT GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2018.10.1

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AI WEIWEI HAND WITH GESTURE CHINA, 2020 INK ON POLYPROPYLENE FABRIC GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.1A

AI WEIWEI MASK WITH MIDDLE FINGER CHINA, 2020 INK ON POLYPROPYLENE FABRIC GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.1B

AI WEIWEI BUDDHA CHINA, 2020 INK ON POLYPROPYLENE FABRIC GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.1C

AI WEIWEI GHOST CHINA, 2020 INK ON POLYPROPYLENE FABRIC GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.1D

AI WEIWEI SURVEILLANCE CHINA, 2020 INK ON POLYPROPYLENE FABRIC GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.1E

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AI WEIWEI HANDCUFFS CHINA, 2020 INK ON POLYPROPYLENE FABRIC GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.1F

AI WEIWEI BIRD CHINA, 2020 INK ON POLYPROPYLENE FABRIC GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.1G

AI WEIWEI CRAB CHINA, 2020 INK ON POLYPROPYLENE FABRIC GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.1H

AI WEIWEI TIANANMEN, BEIJING, CHINA, 1995 CHINA, 2020 INK ON POLYPROPYLENE FABRIC GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.1I

AI WEIWEI WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON D.C., 1995 CHINA, 2020 INK ON POLYPROPYLENE FABRIC GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.1J

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AI WEIWEI VALLE DE LOS CAIDOS, MADRID, SPAIN, 2009 CHINA, 2020 INK ON POLYPROPYLENE FABRIC GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.1K

AI WEIWEI EIFFEL TOWER, PARIS, FRANCE, 1999 CHINA, 2020 INK ON POLYPROPYLENE FABRIC GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.1L

AI WEIWEI COLOSSEUM, ROME, ITALY, 2003 CHINA, 2020 INK ON POLYPROPYLENE FABRIC GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.1M

AI WEIWEI HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT, LONDON, UK, 2005 CHINA, 2020 INK ON POLYPROPYLENE FABRIC GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.1N

AI WEIWEI REICHSTAG, BERLIN, GERMANY, 1999 CHINA, 2020 INK ON POLYPROPYLENE FABRIC GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.1O

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AI WEIWEI HELUOYU CHINA, 2020 INK ON POLYPROPYLENE FABRIC GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.1P

AI WEIWEI LU CHINA, 2020 INK ON POLYPROPYLENE FABRIC GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.1Q

AI WEIWEI CHUNIAO CHINA, 2020 INK ON POLYPROPYLENE FABRIC GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.1R

AI WEIWEI FEISHU CHINA, 2020 INK ON POLYPROPYLENE FABRIC GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.1S

AI WEIWEI SUNFLOWER SEEDS CHINA, 2020 INK ON POLYPROPYLENE FABRIC GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2022.3.1T

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TIAN XIAOLEI BELIEF (EDITION 1/5, PART OF "THE POEM" VIDEO) CHINA, 2015 ANIMATED DIGITAL VIDEO, 33 SECONDS, 1920 X 1080 PIXELS GIFT OF CHARLES T. TOWNLEY 2021.1.29

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2023

THE CHARLES T. TOWNLEY

COLLECTION

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