'This book is an in-depth study of what's happening in Chinese art today, as well as a penetrating look at where the new trends and ideas have come from, and where the market stands. With equal emphasis on images and text, this essential survey features artists such as Ai Weiwei, Big Tail Elephant Group, Cai Guoqiang, Huang Yongping, Sze Tsung Leong, Qui Zhijie, Xu Bing, Xu Tan, Xu Zhen, Yang Fudong and Zhang Xiaogang, among many others, and includes critical texts by international art world luminaries like Thomas Bayrle, Jonathan Monk, Christian Jankowski, Erik van Lieshout, Mark Siemons, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Stephanie Tasch and Philip Tinari.' - from Amazon.com

Alternative title

Jahresring 53

Access level

Onsite

Location code
REF.BOW
Language

English

Publication/Creation date

2007

No of pages

278

ISBN / ISSN

9783865601759

No of copies

1

Content type

anthology

Chapter headings

Introduction

- Waling BOERS

Contemporary Art and Culture Analecta

- PI Daojian, 皮道堅

For over Thousands of Years: About Chinoiserie, Opium and Irreconcilable Exoticism

- Ken LUM, 林蔭庭

Political Pop and Cynical Realism: From "China Avant-garde" to Record-Prices

- Stephanie TASCH

The Dusk of Academy

- YI Ying, 易英

Zhang Peili Interview

- Beatrice LEANZA

Big Tail Elephant Group Interview

- Hans Ulrich OBRIST

Wang Jianwei—Producing the Real

- Marianne BROUWER

Zhou Tiehai Interview

- PI Li, 皮力

Between Scylla and Charybdis: The New Context of Chinese Contemporary Art and Its Creation Since 2000

- PI Li, 皮力

Isles of Autonomy like Rapids within the Flow of Change

- Martina KOEPPEL-YANG, 楊天娜

The Leopard and the Tiger: Circular Narratives in Blue and White

- Philip TINARI, 田霏宇

The Scene is the Important Thing

- QIU Zhijie, 邱志傑

Unlimited—Political Art and Fresh Air

- PI Li, 皮力, Waling BOERS

Kan Xuan Interview

- Carol Yinghua LU, 盧迎華

Yang Fudong Interview

- HUANG Xiaolu, 黃小璐

Knocking the Door Alone: The Mainstream of Contemporary Chinese Art

- YIN Jinan, 尹吉男

Sun Xun Interview

- Beatrice LEANZA

Fragmented Energy

- Carol Yinghua LU, 盧迎華

Zheng Guogu Interview

- Carol Yinghua LU, 盧迎華

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Cultural Industry

- Mark SIEMONS

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