{"product_id":"the-east-west-quartet-9781559362290","title":"The East\/West Quartet","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ping Chong | Jessica Hagedorn\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Asian - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor nearly three decades, Ping Chong and his company have written and staged some of the most innovative and arresting examinations of \"the Other\" on stages in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. His work more than any other artist has explored the ways Asian cultures have intersected with contemporary American society and throughout history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume collects four of his masterworks created over the past decade, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeshima \u003c\/i\u003e(1990), a documentary collage of the history of the West and Japan;\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChinoiserie \u003c\/i\u003e(1995), spans centuries, continents and cultures, where the mysterious East meets the mysterious West;\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter Sorrow \u003c\/i\u003e(1997), explores the legacy of war in Vietnam;\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePojagi \u003c\/i\u003e(1999), a poetic documentary on Korea from the sixteenth century to today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e has said these works are \"like poems in their simplicity and power to evoke . . . -carefully wrought and beautifully designed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtfully and elegantly conceived, rich in metaphor, political yet deeply personal, the four works in \u003ci\u003eThe East-West Quartet\u003c\/i\u003e tell us much about the pitfalls and ironies of history, the various contradictions, collisions and collusions within the East and the West, and the search for national and personal identity. A true citizen of the world, Ping Chong refuses to be pigeonholed and goes his own way, as much at home on the streets of Beijing and Paris as he is on the Canal Street in New York. He continues to make work that bristles with intelligence, that is filled with empathy for the human condition, that is angry yet beautiful - work that matters. It is all here in this book.\" - Jessica Hagedorn, from her preface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As an artist, I'm an outsider in American society. As an experimental artist, I'm an outsider in the art world. As a person of color, I'm an outsider; as an immigrant, I'm an outsider; as a gay man, I'm an outsider. It's the position that fate has allotted me, but it's a valuable postion to be in, because I think every society should have a mirror held to it by the outsider.\"--Ping Chong, 1999\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePing Chong\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1946 and raised in the Chinatown section of New York City. He began his theatrical career with Meredith Monk and later founded his own company in 1975, which later became Ping Chong and Company. It was created to explore the meaning of contemporary theatre and art on a national and international level. He has created over fifty major works for the stage, including \u003ci\u003eHumboldt's Current, Nosferatu, Kind Ness\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUndesirable Elements\u003c\/i\u003e. His works have received numerous Obie and Bessie Awards and are performed throughout the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47999827378327,"sku":"9781559362290","price":873.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781559362290.webp?v=1783601864","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-east-west-quartet-9781559362290","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}