On The Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter The West - Softcover

Erickson, Britta

Softcover

ISBN 10: 988980865X ISBN 13: 9789889808655

Publisher: Timezone 8/Cantor Arts Center, 2005

Synopsis

The works in On the Edge represent the reactions of leading Chinese artists to encounters with the West. Some are contemplative musings on the space that opens up when one culture is observed from the vantage point of another. Others are more confrontational comments on Western dominance in the process of globalization. Some take strategic advantage of an outsider position. Each is symptomatic or expressive of the relationship between China and the West.

About this title

About the Author:

Born in 1955, Xu Bing grew up in Beijing. The artist's work has been shown at a number of museums and galleries worldwide, including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. In 2004 Bing was awarded the Wales International Visual Art Prize, Artes Mundi.

About this edition

• Publisher: Timezone 8/Cantor Arts Center
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 988980865X
• ISBN 13: 9789889808655
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 168