Transience : Chinese Experimental Art at the End of the Twentieth Century

by Hung, Wu

• ISBN13: 9780226360713
• ISBN10: 0226360717
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-15
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

Elizabeth A. Kaye specializes in communications as part of her coaching and consulting practice. She has edited Requirements for Certification since the 2000-01 edition.

Author Biography

Wu Hung is the Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor in Chinese Art History at the University of Chicago.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Acknowledgments	p. 9
Introduction: Pushing the Limits: Chinese Experimental Art from 1979 to 1999	p. 11
Demystification	p. 27
Counter-Monument: Xu Bing, Ghosts Pounding the Wall	p. 31
Anti-Writing: Wenda Gu, Pseudo Seal-Script	p. 36
Nothing Beyond the Gate: Zhang Hongtu, Studs	p. 43
Mao Revisited: Xing Danwen, Born with the Cultural Revolution	p. 49
Still Breathing: Song Dong, Breathing	p. 54
Remembering: Mo Yi, Made by the Police Department 1 and 2	p. 60
Silence: Sui Jianguo, Earthly Force	p. 66
Representing the Ordinary: Yu Fan, My Mother	p. 73
Ruins	p. 79
Rotten Red: Cai Jin, Beauty Banana Plant No. 48	p. 83
Fragmentation as Creation: Shi Chong, The Stage	p. 88
Human Waste: Yuan Dongping, Sisters	p. 95
Speaking the Unspeakable: Zhang Huan, 12 Square Meters	p. 102
Demolition Project: Zhan Wang, Temptation	p. 109
Ruin Pictures: Rong Rong, Untitled	p. 114
Sealed Memory: Yin Xiuzhen, Suitcase	p. 120
Transience	p. 127
Surface: Zhan Wang, Ornamental Rock	p. 130
State of Being: Zhu Fadong, This Person Is For Sale	p. 137
Zero Gravity: Yu Hong, Flying	p. 142
Interior Time/Space: Zeng Hao, 5:00 p.m. in the Afternoon	p. 149
Translucency: Wang Jin, A Chinese Dream	p. 155
Fallen Angels: Liu Zheng, Peking Opera Scenes	p. 160
Invisibility: Qiu Zhijie, Tattoo 1 and 2	p. 168
Coda: A Brief Reflection on the Study of Contemporary Chinese Experimental Art	p. 176
Appendixes
Biographies of the Artists	p. 189
A Survey of Contemporary Chinese Art	p. 201
Check List of the Exhibition	p. 210
Selected Bibliography	p. 212
Chinese Names and Terms	p. 214
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