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Contemporary Chinese art : primary documents / edited by Wu Hung ; with the assistance of Peggy Wang.

Author(s): Wang, Peggy. | Wu, Hung

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Main Title: Contemporary Chinese art : primary documents
Author(s): Wu, Hung
Wang, Peggy.
Publisher: New York : Museum of Modern Art, 2010.
Collation: xvi, 455 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps
25 cm.
ISBN: 9780822349433
Dewey Class: 709.51
Contents: 1. Contemporary Art As Domestic Movement, 1976-89. I. The Beginning Of Contemporary Art: 1979-84. Introduction -- Unofficial Art Groups And Exhibitions -- Preface To The First Nature, Society, And Man Exhibition (Ziran, Shehui, Ren) 1979 / Wang Zhiping -- Preface To The First Stars Art Exhibtion (Xingxing Meizhan) (1979) / Huang Rui -- A Letter To The People (1979) / Xu Wenli and Liu Qing et al. -- About The Stars Art Exhibition (1980) / Li Xianting -- A Debate On "Formal Beauty" And Other Issues -- Formalist Aesthetics In Painting (1979) / Wu Guanzhong -- Emotion, Individuality, Formal Aesthetics (1979) / Liu Shaohui -- New Directions In Realist Painting -- Scar Art. Some Thoughts On Creating The Picture-Story Book Maple (Feng) (1980) / Chen Yiming, Liu Yulian and Li Bin -- Man's Rational Meditation: A Brief Discussion of Cheng Conglin's Thematic Oil Paintings (1970s/1994) / Deng Pingxiang -- Native Soil Art. A Letter From The Artist Of Father (Fuqin) (1981) / Luo Zhongli -- My Seven Paintings (1981) / Chen Danqing -- Melancholy Youth and "Contemplative Painting". Expecting Her To Walk On The Main Road (1981) / Wang Chuan -- "Contemplative Painting" In China And Andrew Wyeth (1985) / Ruan Xudong --
II. The Arrival Of An Avant-Garde Movement 1985-86. Political And Intellectual Contexts -- Enlightenment Of A New Era: On In The New Era (Zai Xinshidai) (1985) / Zhang Qun and Meng Luding -- Pioneers Of Contemporary Chinese Art - A Critigue Of The Progressive Young Chinese Artists Exhibtion (1985) / Zhao Jinghuan -- Beijing Theorists' Reactions To The Art Of Robert Rauschenberg (1985) / Zhu Ye -- Forward To Fine Arts In China (1985) -- Appendix A Nationwide Forum And Model: Art Magazines And Symposia (2003) / Martina Hoppel-Yang -- '85 Art New Wave -- General Discussions. The '85 Art Movement (1986) / Gao Minglu -- The Significance Is Not The Art (1986) / Li Jiatun (pseud. Li Xianting) -- A Summary Of Evaluations Of The '85 Art Movement (1986) / Gao Minglu -- Appendix. The Landscape Of Ching's Modern Art Movement (1991) / Tong Dian -- Writings by Members of Selected Art Groups. We - Participants Of The "'85 Art Movement" (1986) / Wang Guangyi -- An Explanation Of The Northern Art Group (1987) / Shu Qun -- On New Space And The Pond Society (1987) / Shi Jiu -- New Figurative: Manifestation And Transcendence In Figurative Patterns Of Life (1987) / Mao Xuhui -- Red Brigade Precept (1987) / Ding Fang -- Statement On Burning (1986) / Huang Yong Ping -- Introduction To The Events Exhibition That Took Place At The Exhibition Hall Of The Fujian Art Museum (1986) / Huang Yong Ping -- Toward A Physical State Of Contemporary Art Itself (1986) / Wang Du --
III. From Collectivity To Individual Creativity: 1987-89. Introduction -- Rethinking The Movement. Returning To Art Itself (1988) / Jia Fangzhou -- Rethinking Art. Purifying Artistic Language. A Few Thoughts (1988) Zhu Zude and Liu Zhenggang -- Absurdity and Irrationality. Non-Expressive Paintings (1986) / Huang Yong Ping -- Art as Process. Looking For Something Different In A Quiet Place (1989) / Xu Bing -- Regarding "Analysis" (1989) Chen Shaoping -- Challenging Modernism - An Interview With Wenda Gu (1986) / Fei Dawei -- Against the Public. The Point Of Departure For Art Project No. 2 (Yishu Jihua Di Er Hao) (1988/2008) / Zhang Peili -- The China/Avant-Garde Exhibition -- The Exhibition. Background Material On The China/Avant-Garde Exhibition (1989) / Zhou Yan -- Confessions Of A China/Avant-Garde Curator (1989) / Li Xianting -- A Brief Account Of China/Avant-Garde (1989) / Hang Jian and Cao Xiao'ou -- The "End" of the New Wave. Facing The End Of The New Wave: An Interview With Fine Arts In China (1989) / Peng De -- The Modernist Dilemma And Our Options (1989) / Yi Ying -- Illustrations --
2. Globalization And A Domestic Turn, 1990-2000. Introduction -- I. Intrinsic Perspectives. Artistic Trends In The Early 1990s (1990-1993) -- New Generation And Close Up Artists (1992) / Yin Jinan -- Apathy And Deconstruction In Post-'89 Art: Analyzing The Trends Of "Cynical Realism" And "Political Pop" (1992) / Li Xianting -- Appendix. The Misread Great Criticism (Da Pipan) (2008) / Huang Zhuan -- Tendencies In Chinese Pop (1996) / Gu Chengfeng -- A Survey Of Contemporary Chinese Performance Art (1999) / Gao Ling -- Major Trends In Contemporary Chinese Art Of The Mid to Late 1990s -- Identity And Experience -- Self. A Personal Account Of 65 KG (1994/2000) / Zhang Huan -- Four Notes (1994) / Ma Liuming -- The Boundary Of Freedom: A Personal Statement On Assignment No. 1 (Zuoye Yihao) (1994/2003) / Qiu Zhijie -- Report From The Artists's Studio (1996) Interview With Zhang Xiaogang / Huang Zhuan -- Preface To It's Me! (Shi Wo!) (1998/2000) / Leng Lin -- Feminism and Women's Art. Walking Out Of The Abyss: My Feminist Critique (1994) / Xu Hong -- Toward A Female Initiative (1996/2003) Tao Yongbai -- Wrapping And Severing (1997) / Lin Tianmiao -- Clothes Chest (Yixiang) (1995) / Yin Xiuzhen -- Engagement with Social Transformation -- Gaudy Art. Living In Kitsch-The Critical "Irony" Of Gaudy Art (1999) / Liao Wen -- Urban Destruction and Construction. "Changchun, China": A Report On A Performance Of Making Rubbings From Buildings Slated For Demolition (1994) / Huang Yan -- '94 Action Plan For Debris Salvage Schemes For Implementation And Results (1994) Zhan Wang -- New Map Of Beijing: Today And Tomorrow's Capital - Rockery Remolding Plan (1995) / Zhan Wang -- One Hour Game (Youxi Yi Xiaoshi) (1996/1997) Liang Juhui -- Report On Zhang Dali's Dialogue (Duihua) (1998) Jiang Tao -- A Dialogue on Dialogue (2000) / Gou Hongbing with Zhang Dali -- Sociality in Contemporary Art. State Of Existence (1994) / Zhu Fadong -- 12 Square Meters (12 Pingfang Mi) (1994) / Zhang Huan -- Ice '96 Central Plains (Bing 96 Zhongyuan) (1996/2000) / Wang Jin -- On Painted Sculptures (1995/1997) / Liu Jianhua -- Standard Family (Biaozhun Jiating) (1996/1997) / Wang Jinsong -- Why Do I Want To Photograph The Streets Of Guangzhou? (2002) / Chen Shaoxiong -- Experimental Photography and Video Art -- Photography. Trends And Stages Of Photography's Development In Mainland China Since 1976 (1994) / Li Mei and Yang Xiaoyan -- Appendix. Zero To Infinity: The Nascence Of Photography In Contemporary Chinese Art Of The 1990s (2002) / Karen Smith -- I Only Chose The "Group Portrait" (1997) / Zhuang Hui -- Fragments (1998/2004) / Rong Rong -- A Few Words On The Photos (2002) / Hai Bo -- Video Art. Appendix. The Rise And Development Of Video Art And The Maturity Of New Media Art (2002) / Wu Meichun and Qiu Zhijie -- Selected Video Works Of The 1990s (1992-97/2008) / Zhang Peili -- Six Video Works (1997) / Wang Jianwei -- An Arrangement Of A Few Ideas And Some Work (2002) / Zhou Xiaohu -- Overseas Chinese Artists -- Entropy, Chinese Artists, Western Art Institutions: A New Internationalism (1994) / Hou Hanru -- Does A Culture In Exile Necessarity Wither: - A Letter To Li Xianting (1991/2003) / Fei Dawei -- On Words (1991/2000) / Xu Bing -- face the new millennium: the divine comedy of our times; a thesis on the united nations art project and its time and environment (1995/2003) / Wenda Gu -- Wild Flights Of Fancy (1998) / Cai Guo-Qiang -- Ai Weiwei Dialogue With Zhuang Hui (1995) -- Statement (1989) / Hung Liu -- About Resident Alien (2000) / Hung Liu -- Debates over Using Animals and the Human Body in Making Art -- Post-Sense Sensibility: Distorted Bodies And Delusion (1999) / Qiu Zhijie and Wu Meichun -- Reflections On Performance Art (2002) / Chen Lusheng -- Ministry Of Culture Notice (2001) -- Zhu Yu's Skin Graft (Zhi Pi) (2000/2003) / Zhu Yu, with introduction and commentary by Wu Hung --
II. Extrinsic Perspectives. Introduction -- Establishing An Infrastructure For Contemporary Art -- Contemporary Art and the Market. Heading Toward The Market (1992) / Lu Peng -- Who Is Going To Sponsor The History: (1991) Interview With Huang Zhuan -- The First 1990s Biennial Art Fair. Catalogue Preface: Opening Up The 1990s (1992) / Lu Peng -- Notes On The Selection Process (1992) / Chen Xiaoxin -- Reflections And Questions Raised After The First 1990s Biennial Art Fair (1993) / Lu Peng -- The "System" of 1990s Contemporary Chinese Art. From "System" To "Circle": An Analysis Of The State Of Avant-Garde Art In The Late 1990s (2003) / Wu Hong -- Art Medium and Criticism. Contemporary Chinese Art Media In The 1990s (1999) / Pi Daojian and Pi Li -- Criticism On Chinese Experimental Art In The 1990s (2002) / Yi Ying -- My Outlook On Criticism (2003) / Yin Shuangxi -- My View Of Art And Criticism (2003) / Huang Du -- Experimental Art Exhibitions And The 2000 Shanghai Biennale -- Experimental Exhibitions. "Experimental Exhibitions" Of The 1990s (2002) / Wu Hung -- Supermarket (Chaoshi Zhan): Information For Sponsors (1999) / Xu Zhen, Yang Zhenzhong and Alexander Brandt -- The Path To Trace Of Existence (Shengcun Henji): A Private Showing Of Contemporary Chinese Art (1998) / Feng Boyi -- Post-Sense Sensibility (Hou Ganxing): A Memorandum (2000) / Qiu Zhijie -- The 2000 Shanghai Biennale. Transcending Left And Right: The Shanghai Biennale Amid Transitions (2000) / Zhang Qing -- China's First Legitimate Modern Art Exhibition: The 2000 Shanghai Biennale (2000/2003) / Zhu Qingsheng -- The Shanghai Art Museum Should Not Become A Market Stall In China For Western Hegemony - A Paper Delivered At The 2000 Shanghai Biennale (2000) / Wang Nanming -- Preface To Fuck Off (Buhezuo Fangshi) (2000) / Ai Weiwei and Feng Boyi -- Contemporary Chinese Art In The Global Context -- Contemporary Chinese Art in the West. The Reception In The West Of Experimental Mainland Chinese Art Of The 1990s (2002) / Britta Erickson -- Entropy, Chinese Artists, Western Art Institutions: A New Internationalism (1994) / Hou Hanru -- Questions about the "International Identity" of Contemporary Chinese Art. Oliva Is Not The Savior Of Chinese Art (1993) / Wang Lin -- The Rent Collection Courtyard Controversy. The Rent Collection Courtyard Copyright Breached Overseas: Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Sues Venice Biennale (2001) / Britta Erickson -- The Reproduction Of Rent Collection Courtyard And Postmodernism (2000) / Dao Zi -- Quoting Does Not Equal Plagiarism (2000) / Liu Xiaochun -- Illustrations -- CODA: Entering The New Millennium (2000-2008) -- Chronicle 1976-2006 -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- The Trustees Of The Museum Of Modern Art.
Language: English
Subject: Art, Chinese -- 21st century -- Sources.
Art, Chinese -- 20th century -- Sources.
BRN: 3804

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-438) and index.

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