Odes
Taca Sui Chinese
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For a year in his mid-twenties, the photographer Taca Sui dedicated himself to the study of China’s most ancient poetry collection, The Book of Odes (Shijing). Inspired by the poems, which have long been considered a window into early Chinese civilization, Sui took a series of photographs in northern China, in the regions eulogized in the Shijing, which he then arranged into albums. Sui’s photographs follow the suggestive, elliptical nature of the poems: the images seem to hover on a pregnant pause or a strange moment of coincidence. Sui draws in equal measure on modern artists’ books and Chinese albums, creating a new hybrid form of contemporary art.
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Album 2, pp. 11-12
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Album 2, pp. 11-12
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Album 1, Odes of Ya and Song, title page
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Album 1, Odes of Ya and Song, accordion album unfolded completely
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Blaze Album 1, Odes of Ya and Song
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Emperor's Prowess Album 1, Odes of Ya and Song
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Somber Temple Album 1, Odes of Ya and Song
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Inverted Branch Album 1, Odes of Ya and Song
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Before the Rain Album 1, Odes of Ya and Song
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Shrine Album 1, Odes of Ya and Song
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Temple of Rain Album 1, Odes of Ya and Song
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Altar Album 1, Odes of Ya and Song
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River of Feng Album 1, Odes of Ya and Song
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Dust Album 1, Odes of Ya and Song
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Collapsed Cliff Album 1, Odes of Ya and Song
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Towering Grandeur Album 1, Odes of Ya and Song
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Album 2, Odes of Zhou Nan and Shao Nan, title page
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Album 2, Odes of Zhou Nan and Shao Nan, accordion album unfolded completely
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River Island Album 2, Odes of Zhou Nan and Shao Nan
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Millennium Album 2, Odes of Zhou Nan and Shao Nan
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Stone Base Album 2, Odes of Zhou Nan and Shao Nan
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Snake Album 2, Odes of Zhou Nan and Shao Nan
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Lamb Album 2, Odes of Zhou Nan and Shao Nan
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Wall of Tears Album 2, Odes of Zhou Nan and Shao Nan
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Dew Album 2, Odes of Zhou Nan and Shao Nan
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No Nest Album 2, Odes of Zhou Nan and Shao Nan
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South Mountain Album 2, Odes of Zhou Nan and Shao Nan
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Between Yantze River and Tuo River Album 2, Odes of Zhou Nan and Shao Nan
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Goddess in the River Album 2, Odes of Zhou Nan and Shao Nan
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In the Countryside Album 2, Odes of Zhou Nan and Shao Nan
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Album 3, Odes of Wei, title page
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Album 3, Odes of Wei, accordion album unfolded completely
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Bed Curtain Album 3, Odes of Wei
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In the River Album 3, Odes of Wei
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Spirit of the Bamboo Grove Album 3, Odes of Wei
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Beyond Old Town Album 3, Odes of Wei
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White Bridge Album 3, Odes of Wei
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Two Album 3, Odes of Wei
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Rest Album 3, Odes of Wei
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Flowering Rushes Album 3, Odes of Wei
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Old Town Album 3, Odes of Wei
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Breach in the Wall Album 3, Odes of Wei
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Lone Traveler on a Boat Album 3, Odes of Wei
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Submerged Tree Album 3, Odes of Wei
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Album 4, Odes of Wang, title page
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Album 4, Odes of Wang, accordion album unfolded completely
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Fallen Tree Album 4, Odes of Wang
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In a Pool of Flowers Album 4, Odes of Wang
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Empty Birdcage Album 4, Odes of Wang
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White Saplings Album 4, Odes of Wang
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Nest on the Lake Album 4, Odes of Wang
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Temple Bells Album 4, Odes of Wang
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Trees Behind the Mountain Album 4, Odes of Wang
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Boating Album 4, Odes of Wang
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Rush Mats in the Mountain Retreat Album 4, Odes of Wang
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Beneath the Old Capital Album 4, Odes of Wang
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Little Creature Album 4, Odes of Wang
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Black Grass Album 4, Odes of Wang
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Album 5, Odes of Zheng and Kuai, title page
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Album 5, Odes of Zheng and Kuai, accordion album unfolded completely
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Between Zhen and Wei River Album 5, Odes of Zheng and Kuai
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Cloudlike Album 5, Odes of Zheng and Kuai
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Wild Stone Album 5, Odes of Zheng and Kuai
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Main Road Album 5, Odes of Zheng and Kuai
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Pine Album 5, Odes of Zheng and Kuai
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In the Grave Album 5, Odes of Zheng and Kuai
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Leaves Fallen Album 5, Odes of Zheng and Kuai
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Lithe and Tender Album 5, Odes of Zheng and Kuai
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Wind and Rain Album 5, Odes of Zheng and Kuai
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Longing Album 5, Odes of Zheng and Kuai
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Not Flowing Album 5, Odes of Zheng and Kuai
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By the Marshland Album 5, Odes of Zheng and Kuai
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Album 6, Odes of Tang and Wei, title page
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Album 6, Odes of Tang and Wei, accordion album unfolded completely
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Vines Growing Wild Album 6, Odes of Tang and Wei
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North of the Hill Album 6, Odes of Tang and Wei
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Fen River Album 6, Odes of Tang and Wei
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Thorn Album 6, Odes of Tang and Wei
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White Stone Album 6, Odes of Tang and Wei
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Above Ground Album 6, Odes of Tang and Wei
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Interior Album 6, Odes of Tang and Wei
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Behind the Tree Album 6, Odes of Tang and Wei
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Lone Tree Album 6, Odes of Tang and Wei
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Top of a Wooded Hill Album 6, Odes of Tang and Wei
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Centennial Album 6, Odes of Tang and Wei
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Warm Clothes Album 6, Odes of Tang and Wei
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Album 7, Odes of Qi and Cao, title page
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Suffusion Album 7, Odes of Qi and Cao
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South of Mount Nao Album 7, Odes of Qi and Cao
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A Rock in the Wall Album 7, Odes of Qi and Cao
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Wen River Album 7, Odes of Qi and Cao
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Broken Fishnet Album 7, Odes of Qi and Cao
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End Call Album 7, Odes of Qi and Cao
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Unmarried Album 7, Odes of Qi and Cao
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Like Snow Album 7, Odes of Qi and Cao
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Expanse Album 7, Odes of Qi and Cao
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Crossbar Album 7, Odes of Qi and Cao
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Light in the East Album 7, Odes of Qi and Cao
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Reverse Album 7, Odes of Qi and Cao
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Album 8, Odes of Qin and Bin, title page
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Mountain Under the Sun Album 8, Odes of Qin and Bin
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Chariots Approaching Album 8, Odes of Qin and Bin
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Curtain Over Clouds Album 8, Odes of Qin and Bin
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Snow Album 8, Odes of Qin and Bin
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Three Citizens Album 8, Odes of Qin and Bin
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Canary Album 8, Odes of Qin and Bin
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A Pile of Furze in Front of a Tomb Album 8, Odes of Qin and Bin
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Remains of a Slave Album 8, Odes of Qin and Bin
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Meandering Album 8, Odes of Qin and Bin
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Two Cypress Trees Album 8, Odes of Qin and Bin
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Gentlemen's Provisions Album 8, Odes of Qin and Bin
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Niche Album 8, Odes of Qin and Bin
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Album 9, Odes of Chen, title page
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Fields on the Outskirts Album 9, Odes of Chen
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Outside the Town of Wanqiu Album 9, Odes of Chen
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Behind the East Gate Album 9, Odes of Chen
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Underneath the Bamboo Grove Album 9, Odes of Chen
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Tomb Gate Album 9, Odes of Chen
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By the East Pond Album 9, Odes of Chen
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Lotus Album 9, Odes of Chen
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Traces Album 9, Odes of Chen
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A Blossoming Tree Outside of Town Album 9, Odes of Chen
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Underneath the Heng Gate Album 9, Odes of Chen
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Before Moonrise Album 9, Odes of Chen
