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• Title:Contemporary Chinese art : a history, 1970s>2000s / Wu Hung.
  
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• Author/Creator:Wu Hung, 1945- author.
  
• Published/Created:London : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2014.
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: N7345 .W816 2014
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Art, Chinese--20th century.
  Art, Chinese--21st century.
  
• Description:456 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
  
• Summary:In this first systematic introduction to contemporary Chinese art, Wu Hung provides an accessible, focused and much-needed narrative of the development of Chinese art across all media from the 1970s to the 2000s. From its underground genesis during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76), contemporary Chinese art has become a dynamic and hugely influential force in a globalized art world where the distinctions between Eastern and Western culture are rapidly collapsing. The book is a richly illustrated and easy-to-navigate chronological survey that considers contemporary Chinese art both in the context of Chinas specific historical experiences and in a global arena. Wu Hung explores the emergence of avant-garde or contemporary art as opposed to officially sanctioned art in the public sphere after the Cultural Revolution; the mobilization by young artists and critics of a nationwide avant-garde movement in the mid-1980s; the re-emphasis on individual creativity in the late 1980s, the heightened spirit of experimentation of the 1990s; and the more recent identification of Chinese artists, such as Ai Weiwei, as global citizens who create works for an international audience.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780500239209
  0500239207
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: SPHERES OF CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART
  Contemporary Chinese Art as a Domestic Movement
  Contemporary Chinese Art in the Global Sphere
  Individualized Spaces of Contemporary Chinese Art
  pt. ONE 1970s > 1980s
  1. Beyond The Revolution
  Art of the Cultural Revolution and Its Antitheses
  Alternative Art during the Cultural Revolution
  Photographing the April 5th Movement
  Proliferation of Coterie Art Clubs and Exhibitions
  Stars Exhibition
  Reinventing the Art Academy
  2. 85 Art New Wave
  Conditions of the '85 Art New Wave
  Contours of the '85 Art New Wave
  New Wave Groups and Activities
  Northern Art Croup
  Pond Society
  Xiamen Dada
  Southwestern Art Research Croup
  Large-Scale Artistic Activities
  China/Avant-Garde Exhibition
  3. Rebirth Of The Artist
  From Collectivity to Individual Creativity
  Wang Guangyi
  Zhang Peili and Geng Jianyi
  Huang Yong Ping
  Wenda Gu
  Wu Shanzhuan
  Xu Bing
  pt. TWO 1990s
  4. Contemporary Turn
  From "Modern" to "Contemporary"
  New Generation Painting and Cynical Realism
  Reprocessing History
  Memory Painting
  Political Pop
  World Image
  Go Conceptual
  Measurement Group
  Gu Dexin and Wang Luyan
  Big Tail Elephant
  Sui Jianguo and Ding Yi
  Wang Jianwei and Zhang Peili
  Qiu Zhijie
  5. Age Of Experimentation (1): Return Of the Real
  Conditions for Experimental Art
  State of Being
  Conversation with the City
  Body and Self
  East Village and Experimental Body Art
  Self-Portraiture: Invisibility as Individuality
  Against Monumentally
  6. Age Of Experimentation (2): Redefining Chinese Art
  Challenging the System
  Women Experimentalists
  Cai Jin and Xing Danwen
  Yin Xiuzhen and Lin Tianmiao
  Chen Lingyang and Peng Yu
  Experimental Photography and Video
  Photography
  Video
  Experimental Painting
  Material Painting
  Painting as Concept
  Marginalization
  Experimental Exhibitions
  Experimental Exhibitions in Public Spaces
  Experimental Exhibitions in Non-Public Spaces
  pt. THREE 1990 > 2000S
  7. Contemporary Chinese Art Beyond China
  "A Craze for Going Abroad"
  Chen Zhen
  Huang Yong Ping
  Wenda Gu
  Xu Bing
  Cai Guo-Qiang
  8. Conversation With Tradition
  Historical Background
  Experimental Ink Painting
  Origins of Experimental Ink Painting
  Establishing the Field
  Trends in Experimental Ink Painting
  Internalizing Tradition
  Analytical Transformation
  Distilling Materiality
  Translating Visuality
  Refiguration
  Image Appropriation
  9. After Normalization
  2000 Shanghai Biennale: A New Beginning
  World of Contemporary Chinese Art after 2000
  Institutional Reforms
  Growing Commercialization
  Art Districts
  Artists
  Art Forms and Works
  Painting
  Established Painters
  "Reconverted" Painters
  Emerging Painters
  Sculpture and Installation
  Photography
  Video and New Media Art
  CONCLUSION.