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Avatars and Antiheroes: A Guide to Contemporary Chinese Artists

'Avatars and Antiheroes reflects the schizophrenic undercurrents of nation in continuous fast-forward. From the Cynical Realism and Political Pop movements associated with the post-Tiananmen generation of artists such as Yue Minjun whose grinning representations of himself as antihero seem to mock the revolutionary heroes of old, to the pop-culture generated spearheaded by Cao Fei whose digital avatars live in a world without borders, this book showcases the work of the most important contemporary artists to emerge from China in recent years.' (Front flap)
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AI Weiwei, 艾未未, 

CAI Guoqiang, 蔡國強, 

CAO Fei, 曹斐, 

CHEN Ke, b. 1978, 陳可, 

CHEN Lingyang, 陳羚羊, 

CHEN Shaoxiong, 陳劭雄, 

CUI Xiuwen, 崔岫聞, 

FANG Lijun, 方力鈞, 

FENG Zhengjie, 俸正杰, 

GU Dexin, 顧德新, 

HE Sen, 何森, 

HE Yunchang, 何雲昌, 

inri, 映里, 

JIANG Zhi, 蔣志, 

KAN Xuan, 闞萱, 

LIN Tianmiao, 林天苗, 

LIU Ding, 劉鼎, 

LIU Wei, 劉韡, 

Rong Rong, 榮榮, 

MA Liuming, 馬六明, 

SHI Jinsong, 史金淞, 

SONG Dong, 宋冬, 

WANG Guangyi, 王廣義, 

WANG Jianwei, 汪建偉, 

WANG Xingwei, 王興偉, 

WENG Fen, 翁奮, 

XIAO Lu, 蕭魯, 

XIE Nanxing, 謝南星, 

XU Zhen, 徐震, 

YAN Lei, 顏磊, 

YANG Fudong, 楊福東, 

YANG Shaobin, 楊少斌, 

YANG Zhenzhong, 楊振中, 

YIN Xiuzhen, 尹秀珍, 

YUE Minjun, 岳敏君, 

ZHANG Huan, 張洹, 

ZHANG Peili, 張培力, 

ZHANG Xiaogang, 張曉剛, 

ZHANG Yue, 張悅

author

Claudia ALBERTINI

publisher

Kodansha, 講談社 (Tokyo, Japan)

Location code
REF.ALC
Language

English

Keyword

art criticism,  China

Publication/Creation date

2008

No of pages

174

ISBN / ISSN

9784770030719

No of copies

1

Content type

monograph

Chapter headings

Ai Weiwei

Cai Guoqiang

Cao Fei

Chen Ke

Chen Lingyang

Chen Shaoxiong

Cui Xiuwen

Fang Lijun

Feng Zhengjie

Gu Dexin

He Sen

He Yunchang

Jiang Zhi

Kan Xuan

Liang Yue

Lin Tianmiao

Liu Ding

Liu Wei

Ma Liuming

RongRong & Inri

Shi Jinsong

Song Dong

Wang Guangyi

Wang Jianwei

Wang Xingwei

Weng Fen

Xiao Lu

Xie Nanxing

Xing Danwen

Xu Zhen

Yan Lei

Yang Fudong

Yang Shaobin

Yang Zhenzhong

Yin Xiuzhen

Yue Minjun

Zhang Huan

Zhang Peili

Zhang Xiaogang

Zhang Yue

Avatars and Antiheroes: A Guide to Contemporary Chinese Artists
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