Contemporary Chinese Art: Primary Documents by Wu Hung
Contemporary Chinese Art: Primary Documents by Wu Hung

Contemporary Chinese Art: Primary Documents

Despite the liveliness and creativity of avant-garde Chinese art in the post-Mao era and its prominence in...
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Contemporary Chinese Art: Primary Documents by Wu Hung

Contemporary Chinese Art: Primary Documents

CHF 61.80
Contemporary Chinese Art: Primary Documents by Wu Hung

Contemporary Chinese Art: Primary Documents

CHF 61.80
Author: Wu Hung
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Despite the liveliness and creativity of avant-garde Chinese art in the post-Mao era and its prominence in the world of international contemporary art, until now there has been no systematic introduction to this important work in any Western language. Moreover, most of the relevant primary documents have existed only in Chinese, scattered in hard-to-find publications. Contemporary Chinese Art remedies this situation by bringing together carefully selected primary texts in English translation. Arranged in chronological order, the texts guide readers through the development of avant-garde Chinese art from 1976 until 2006. Because experimental Chinese art emerged as a domestic phenomenon in the 1970s and 1980s and its subsequent development has been closely related to China's social and economical transformation, this volume focuses on art from mainland China. At the same time, it encompasses the activities of mainland artists residing overseas, since artists who emigrated in the 1980s and 1990s were often key participants in the early avant-garde movements and have continued to interact with the mainland art world. The primary documents include the manifestos of avant-garde groups, prefaces to important exhibitions, writings by representative artists, important critical and analytical essays, and even some official documents. Each chapter and section begins with a concise preface explaining the significance of the texts and providing the necessary historical background; the volume includes a timeline summarizing important art phenomena and related political events.

Publication of the Museum of Modern Art

Author: Wu Hung
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 10/01/2010
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 3.30lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.50w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9780822349433


Award: PROSE - Honorable Mention


Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2011
New York Review of Books 04/28/2011 pg. 67

About the Author

Wu Hung is the Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor in Art History and East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Director of the Center for the Art of East Asia and Consulting Curator at the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago. His many books include Remaking Beijing: Tiananmen Square and the Creation of a Political Space, Transience: Chinese Experimental Art at the End of the Twentieth Century, and (with Christopher Phillips) Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China. He has curated many international exhibitions of Chinese art.

Peggy Wang is Assistant Professor of Art History at Denison University.


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