Contemporary @hinese art : a history ; 1970s > 2000s / Wu Hung

English

London : Thames & Hudson, 2014

456 S. : zahlr. Ill.

978-0-500-23920-9 Hbk.

9780500239209

*China / Kunst / Gegenwart

*Art, Chinese -- Pictorial works ; Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- China -- History -- 20th century -- Sources ; Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- China -- History -- 21st century -- Sources ; Art, Chinese -- 20th century ; Art, Chinese -- 21st century ; Art, Chinese -- 20th century ; Art, Chinese -- 21st century ; Art, Chinese

Library of Congress Classification: N7345

Dewey Decimal Classification: 709.509/04

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: LO 88900: LD,LH-LO Kunstgeschichte / LK-LO Kunst nach Ländern bzw. Kontinenten / Gesamtdarstellungen, Darstellungen einzelner Epochen

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

INTRODUCTION: 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 -- PART ONE: 1970s>1980s -- 1. BEYOND THE REVOLUTION -- Art of the Cultural Revolution and its antitheses -- Proliferation of Coterie Art Clubs and Exhibitions -- 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 -- The 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 -- PART TWO: 1990s -- 4. A CONTEMPORARY TURN -- From "modern" to "contemporary"-- New generation painting and cynical realism -- Reprocessing history -- World image -- Go conceptual -- 5. AN AGE OF EXPERIMENTATION (1): RETURN OF THE REAL -- Conditions for experimental art -- The state of being -- Conversation with the city -- Body and self -- Against monumentality -- 6. AN AGE OF EXPERIMENTATION (2): REDEFINING CHINESE ART -- Challenging the system -- Women experimentalists -- Experimental photography and video -- Experimental painting -- Experimental exhibitions -- PART 3: 1990s>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 -- Internalizing tradition -- 9. AFTER NORMALIZATION -- The 2000 Shanghai Biennale: A new beginning -- The world of contemporary Chinese art after 2000 -- Art forms and works -- CONCLUSION

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