Code: 04939323

Contemporary Chinese Art

Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: Duke University Press, 2010
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Book synopsis

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 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, its purview 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 while providing the necessary historical background, and the volume includes a chronicle summarizing important art phenomena and related political events.