CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART: A HISTORY by Wu Hung ( 9780500239209 )

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Title:

CONTEMPORARY CHINESE ART: A HISTORY
1970S-2000S

By:

Wu Hung

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0500239207

ISBN 13:

9780500239209

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Publisher:

THAMES & HUDSON LTD

Pub. date:

1 September, 2014

Pages:

456

Description:

Provides a narrative about the development of Chinese art across all media from the 1970s to the 2000s. This book offers a chronological survey that considers contemporary Chinese art both in the context of China's specific historical experiences and in a global arena.

Synopsis:

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 China's 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.

Illustrations:

425 illustrations, 323 in colour

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Imprint:

Thames & Hudson Ltd

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Returnable

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