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Great Walls of China / Franc Palaia
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REF.AM.0054
[38] p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.
1984
Artists' books
"In Great Walls of China the photographer gives us a visual slice of China that allows us to be transported personally to the streets and people of this vast Republic...He [Franc Palai] brings fragmented parts of the street and street art into his studio and eventually into the gallery where in this new context it can be more richly perceived...Franc Palai sees not just the walls and the messages in their signs, but also the surroundings that are sometimes bleak, sometimes tattered and smudged or, when not vibrant, sometimes just neutral. And most importantly through their walls he makes us see Chinese people, whether they are acknowledging and reacting to them or just ignoring them." - Introduction
Signed by the artist.