Airplanes and Parachutes is a collection of texts on contemporary art by the late journalist and Art Basel Asia Advisor Jonathan Napack (1967-2007). The anthology includes more than forty texts originally published in venues including The International Herald Tribune, The New York Times Magazine, The Art Newspaper, Art in America, and Flash Art, and in catalogues of exhibitions including "Cities on the Move". The book compiles Napack's pioneering reportage and criticism on contemporary art in Asia - and particularly China - written during the decade from 1997 to 2007 when Napack lived in Hong Kong. Also included are several of Napack's best-known texts from the early years he spent as an art journalist in New York, and a selection of his culinary writings from the Asian Wall Street Journal. With all texts published in both in English and Chinese, the anthology marks the first time that many of Napack's writings on China will be readable by their subjects. 

With preface by Hou Hanru and foreword by Philip Tinari. Please note that there is a supplement booklet with short texts by Marc Spiegler, Ai Weiwei, Mian Mian, Yang Yong, Jiang Zhi, Cao Fei, Charlie Finch and Ou Ning. Also included in the booklet are correspondences between Napack and Hans Ulrich Obrist.


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REF.NAJ
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Chinese - Simplified, 

English

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2007

No of pages

177

No of copies

2

Content type

anthology

Chapter headings

Foundations

Death and Destruction in Bangkok

Apotheosis of the Bogus

New York

The Wildenstein Family: The Secret Lives of the Dealers who Run the Masterpiece Market

Ross Bleckner: The Man Who Wanted to be Loved

Chelsea! It's the New SoHo! Maybe

Dispatches (The Art Newspaper)

The View from New York

Chinese New Media at MoMA: Stir-Fry Dispatches

Kyoko Chirathivat and Thilo van Watzdorf

People's Republic of China Celebrates Fiftieth Anniversary

China: The Cutting Edge

Hong Kong: Parks Matter Here More Than Buildings

Chinese Policy on Cultural Property: Turning a Blind Eye

Copyright Issues: Chinese Artists May Sue Venice Biennale

The Third Shanghai Biennial: As Contemporary as the Censors Will Allow

Report from Shanghai: It's More Fashionable Underground

Taipei Palace Museum, Taiwan: The Politics Between China's Peace Offerings

Chinese-art.com: Championing Chinese Art

Chinese Contemporary Art: Interview with Gu Zhenqing

New Markets: The Great Chinese Gold Rush

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