Making History: Wu Hung on Contemporary Art

University of Chicago-based curator and historian Wu Hung is widely acknowledged as one of the foremost writers working on contemporary Chinese art, and throughout the past decade, he has produced multiple volumes on the subject. 'Making History' is a collection of Wu Hung's most provocative and insightful essays, with detailed analysis of the cultural origins, precedents, influences and aspirations of some of the most influential contemporary artists practicing today.

Access level

Onsite

author

WU Hung, 巫鴻

publisher

Timezone 8 (Beijing, China)

Location code

REF.WUH

Language

English

Keywords

performance art, video art, installation, photography, diaspora, ink painting, sculpture, conceptualism, South Korea, Taiwan, India, China, Japan, Indonesia

Publication/Creation date

2008

No of pages

278

ISBN / ISSN

9789889961701

No of copies

Content type

monograph

Chapter headings

Trends

Ruins, Fragmentation, and the Chinese Modern/Postmodern

A Case of Being 'Contemporary:' Conditions, Spheres, and Narratives of Contemporary Chinese Art

A Decade of Experimental Art in China (1990-2000)

Three Themes of Experimental Chinese Art in the '90s

Medium

Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art

Between Past and Future: A Brief History of Contemporary Chinese Photography

The 'Old Photo Craze' and Contemporary Chinese Art

Intersections: An Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Photography and Oil Painting

Variations of Ink: A Dialogue with Zhang Yanyuan

Exhibition

'Experimental Exhibitions' of the '90s

2000 Shanghai Biennale: The Making of a 'Historical Event' in Contemporary Chinese Art

Tui-Transfiguration: A Site-Specific Exhibition at Beijing 798

Spatial Narratives: Curating Three 'Temporal' Exhibitions

Internationalization

Negotiating Beauty in Contemporary Art: An Exhibition

Neither Heaven Nor Home: Representing Landscape and Interior Space in Contemporary East Asian Art

Contemporary Asian Art as Global Art: A 'Diachronic Approach'

Coda

De-flattening 'Regional' Contemporary Art

Making History: Wu Hung on Contemporary Art

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