“Ink-play”: Walter Benjamin’s Chinese Curios.
(2016)
Journal Article
Kang, J. (2016). “Ink-play”: Walter Benjamin’s Chinese Curios. Sociétés (Paris), 131(1), 119-130. https://doi.org/10.3917/soc.131.0119
In this paper, we explore two interconnected aspects of Walter Benjamin’s work which have hitherto received scant attention from scholars; the figure of the Chinese painter as an exemplary exponent of traditional art; and, Benjamin’s reflections on C... Read More about “Ink-play”: Walter Benjamin’s Chinese Curios..