Handbound volume of black and white photographs by Mo Yi. Taken on a bus around 1989–1990 following the events of June Fourth, they depict both his fellow passengers and the passing scenery. According to Mo Yi, a sense of apathy and despair pervades the images, reflecting a widespread feeling of oppression, helplessness, and the inability to escape destiny.
Includes timeline of historical events, artist statement and republished excerpts from articles by Li Xianting, Gu Zheng, and Wu Hung. Edition 8/100, signed.
Yao dang de che xiang zhong guo 1989
Onsite
Chinese - Simplified,
English
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artist monograph,
photobook
Historical background in 1989
Historical background in 1990
'Tossing Buses 1989–1990' - MO Yi, 莫毅
2001年 《今日先鋒》 (in Chinese only) - LI Xianting, 栗憲庭
1996年 《光影世界》 (in Chinese only) - GU Zheng, 顧錚
Mo Yi: An Ethnographer in Contemporary Chinese Art (in English only) - WU Hung, 巫鴻
Tossing Bus · China 1989, 搖蕩的車廂 ‧ 中國1989
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