Nushu
Wall Piece
2006 (made)
2006 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Sara Radstone (born 1955)
‘Nushu’
2006
Nushu is a script used to write a local dialect of Chinese. The dialect is spoken in a region of Jiangyong County in Hunan province, China. Nushu was used exclusively by women, and the name literally means ‘women’s writing’. It developed as a form of private communication, sometimes embroidered onto fabrics or written on fans. Radstone’s text, written upside-down across a series of book-like forms, reflects the
clandestine nature of the script.
Made in London
Stoneware, hand-built from press-moulded slabs,
painted with slip and grey stain
Museum no. C.90:1 to 5-2011
‘Nushu’
2006
Nushu is a script used to write a local dialect of Chinese. The dialect is spoken in a region of Jiangyong County in Hunan province, China. Nushu was used exclusively by women, and the name literally means ‘women’s writing’. It developed as a form of private communication, sometimes embroidered onto fabrics or written on fans. Radstone’s text, written upside-down across a series of book-like forms, reflects the
clandestine nature of the script.
Made in London
Stoneware, hand-built from press-moulded slabs,
painted with slip and grey stain
Museum no. C.90:1 to 5-2011
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 5 parts.
|
| Title | Nushu (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Stoneware, hand-built, press-moulded, slip, stain |
| Brief description | 'Nushu', a wall piece consisting of five stoneware hand built and press moulded ceramic slabs, painted with slip and grey stain, Sara Radstone, London, 2006 |
| Physical description | 'Nushu' is a wall piece in five parts, made of stoneware that has been hand-built from press-moulded slabs, painted with slip and grey stain. Nushu is a script used to write a local dialect of Chinese, this is the text we see writen upside down and backwards on the objects. |
| Gallery label | Sara Radstone (born 1955)
‘Nushu’
2006
Nushu is a script used to write a local dialect
of Chinese. The dialect is spoken in a region of
Jiangyong County in Hunan province, China.
Nushu was used exclusively by women, and
the name literally means ‘women’s writing’. It
developed as a form of private communication,
sometimes embroidered onto fabrics or written
on fans. Radstone’s text, written upside-down
across a series of book-like forms, reflects the
clandestine nature of the script.
Made in London
Stoneware, hand-built from press-moulded slabs,
painted with slip and grey stain
Museum no. C.90:1 to 5-2011(12/2013) |
| Credit line | Given anonymously |
| Object history | Originally shown in the joint exhibition 'Sara Radstone and Partridge & Walmsley', Barrett Marsden Gallery, London, 29 June to 31 July 2007. |
| Summary | Sara Radstone (born 1955) ‘Nushu’ 2006 Nushu is a script used to write a local dialect of Chinese. The dialect is spoken in a region of Jiangyong County in Hunan province, China. Nushu was used exclusively by women, and the name literally means ‘women’s writing’. It developed as a form of private communication, sometimes embroidered onto fabrics or written on fans. Radstone’s text, written upside-down across a series of book-like forms, reflects the clandestine nature of the script. Made in London Stoneware, hand-built from press-moulded slabs, painted with slip and grey stain Museum no. C.90:1 to 5-2011 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.90-2011 |
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| Record created | November 9, 2011 |
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