Exhibiting Experimental Art in China - Softcover

Hung, Wu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 093557333X ISBN 13: 9780935573336

Publisher: Smart Museum Of Art, The University Of C, 2000

Synopsis

In his new book, Wu Hung raises timely questions about artistic freedom and censorship. Here, as in the Smart Museum's exhibition Canceled: Exhibiting Experimental Art in China, Wu uses the government's cancellation of the exhibition It's Me (Beijing, 1998) to anchor his analysis of the challenges faced by contemporary Chinese artists and curators.

During this time of rapid change in mainland China, artists and curators are seeking new ways to show work, and finding new allies, patrons and audiences. They are investigating ways to respond to official antagonism, to realize the potential of experimental art in the public sphere, and to maintain the independence of this art in an increasingly commercialized society. Wu addresses these issues through a survey of current exhibition practices, a discussion of the Smart Museum exhibition, a case study of It's Me, a rich collection of primary materials from eleven recent exhibitions. By introducing readers to the complex milieu of experimental artists and curators in China, Wu makes a major contribution to the growing scholarship on contemporary Chinese culture.

About this title

About the Author

Wu Hung is the Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor, director for the Center for the Art of East Asia, and consulting curator at the Smart Museum of Art, all at the University of Chicago. 

From the Back Cover

The massive political, economic, and social changes China has undergone during the past decade have dramatically altered its cultural landscape. This volume offers the first comprehensive look at the body of photographic art produced during this period. Often ambitious in scale and experimental in nature, the works featured in Exhibiting Experimental Art in China encompass a wide range of highly individual responses to these unprecedented transformations.

From the Inside Flap

The massive political, economic, and social changes China has undergone during the past decade have dramatically altered its cultural landscape. This volume offers the first comprehensive look at the body of photographic art produced during this period. Often ambitious in scale and experimental in nature, the works featured in Exhibiting Experimental Art in China encompass a wide range of highly individual responses to these unprecedented transformations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Smart Museum Of Art, The University Of C
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 093557333X
• ISBN 13: 9780935573336
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224