Monograph published in conjunction with Gao Shiqiang's solo exhibition of the same title at Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing from April to June 2009. It gathers major works by the artist from the mid-1990s to the present, accompanied by his notes, journal entries, sketches and essays by critics. Chronology of works included.
'Gao Shiqiang observes the changing values of societies and individuals, and what appears and disappears with changes of contemporary China, vigorously working on a cinematic scale of video and film narratives for the recent five years. The historical discontinuity, cultural rupture and deepening conflict between generations, which have been imposed to most of Asian countries by the turmoil of the 20th century, are also unquestionably found in the Chinese society, though in a different aspect: that is, an absolute value of a period vanishes fleetingly or is judged in another way and a legend at one time is degraded to a transient past or a failed present to the next generation.' - excerpt from essay by Kim Hyunjin
'Gao Shiqiang observes the changing values of societies and individuals, and what appears and disappears with changes of contemporary China, vigorously working on a cinematic scale of video and film narratives for the recent five years. The historical discontinuity, cultural rupture and deepening conflict between generations, which have been imposed to most of Asian countries by the turmoil of the 20th century, are also unquestionably found in the Chinese society, though in a different aspect: that is, an absolute value of a period vanishes fleetingly or is judged in another way and a legend at one time is degraded to a transient past or a failed present to the next generation.' - excerpt from essay by Kim Hyunjin
Alternative title
gao shi qiang di dian shang de shi jian
Access level
Onsite
editor
Location code
MON.GSQ
Language
Chinese - Simplified, 
English
Keyword
photography,  video art,  installation,  solo exhibition
Publication/Creation date
2009
No of pages
350
ISBN / ISSN
9789881803474
No of copies
2
Content type
artist monograph, 
catalogue
Chapter headings
Meandering in History with Stories - Gao Shiqiang's Video Work
Agonizing Subjects in a Rapidly Changing Society
Slowly Stretching Out to the Image - Reflections after Viewing Gao Shiqiang's Videos
Vision as Strategy - Narrative and Gaze in Gao Shiqiang's Video Works
A Classical Approach: The Specificity of Gao Shiqiang's Video and Installation Art in the Context of the Hangzhou School
Moments in History
Searching in History of Thoughts - A Conversation between Zuo Jing and Gao Shiqiang
Gao Shiqiang: The Other There, 高世强:地點上的時間

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