Contemporary Chinese Art

Part One: Contemporary Art as Domestic Movement, 1976--89 I. The Beginning of Contemporary Art: 1979--84 Introduction Unofficial Art Groups and Exhibitions Preface to the First Nature, Society, and Man Exhibition (Ziran, shehui, ren) (1979) / Wang Zhiping Preface to the First Stars Art Exhibition (Xingxing meizhan) (1979) / Huang Rui A Letter to the People (1979) / Xu Wenli, Liu Qing, et al About the Stars Art Exhibition (1980) / Li Xianting A Debate on "Formal Beauty" and Other Issues Formalist Aesthetics in Painting (1979) / Wu Guanzhong Emotion Individuality, Formal Aesthetics (1979) / Liu Shaohui New Directions in Realist Painting Scar Art Some Thoughts on Creating the Picture-Story Book Maple (Feng) (1980) / Chen Yiming, Liu Yulian, and Li Bin Man's Rational Meditation: A Brief Discussion of Cheng Conglin's Thematic Oil Paintings (1970s/1994) / Deng Pingxiang Native Soil Art A Letter from the Artist of Father (Fuqin) (1981) / Lui Zhongli My Seven Paintings (1981) / Chen Danqing Melancholy Youth and "Contemplative Painting" Expecting Her to Walk on the Main Road (1981) / Wang Chuan "Contemplative Painting" in China and Andrew Wyeth (1985) / Ruan Xudong II. The Arrival of an Avant-Garde Movement: 1985-86 Political and Intellectual Contexts Enlightenment of a New Era: On In the New Era (Zai xinshidai) (1985) / Zhang Qun and Meng Luding Pioneers of Contemporary Chinese Art-A Critique of the Progressive Young Chinese Artists Exhibition (1985) / Zhao Jinghaun Beijing Theorists' Reaction to the Art of Robert Rauschenberg (1985) / Zhu Ye Foreword to Fine Arts in China (1985) Appendix. A Nationwide Forum and Model: Art Magazines and Symposia (2003) / Martina Koppel-Yang '85 Art New Wave General Discussions The '85 Art Movement (1986) / Gao Minglu The Significance is Not the Art (1986) / Li Jiatun A Summary of Evaluations of the '85 Arts Movement (1986) / Gao Minglu Appendix. The Landscape of China's Modern Art Movment (1991) / Tong Dian Writings by Members of Selected Art Groups We-Participants of the "'85 Art Movement" (1986) / Wang Guangyi An Explanation of the Northern Art Group (1987) / Shu Qun On New Space and the Pond Society (1987) / Shi Jiu New Figurative: Manifestation and Transcendence in Figurative Patterns of Life (1987) / Mao Xuhui Red Brigade Precept (1987) / Ding Fang Statement on Burning (1986) / Huang Yong Ping Introduction to The Events Exhibition that Took Place at the Exhibition Hall of the Fujian Art Museum (1986) / Huang Yong Ping Toward a Physical State of Contemporary Art Itself (1986) / Wang Du III. From Collectivity to Individual Creativity: 1987-89 Rethinking the Movement Returning to Art Itself (1988) / Jia Fangzhou Rethinking Art Purifying Artistic Language A Few Thoughts (1988) / Zhu Zude and Liu Zhenggang Absurdity and Irrationality Non-Expressive Paintings (1986) / Huang Yong Ping Art as Process Looking for Something Different in a Quiet Place (1989) / Xu Bing Regarding "Analysis" (1989) / Chen Shaoping Challenging Modernism-An Interview with Wenda Gu (1986) / Fei Dawei Against the Public The Point of Departure for Art Project No. 2 (Yishu jihua di er hao) (1988/2007) / Zhang Peili The China/Avant-Garde Exhibition The Exhibition Background Material on the China/Avant-Garde Exhibition (1989) / Zhou Yan Confessions of a China/Avant-Garde Curator (1989) / Li Xianting A Brief Account of China/Avant-Garde (1989) / Hang Jian and Cao Xiao'ou The "End" of the New Wave Facing the End of the New Wave: An Interview with Fine Arts in China (1989) / Peng De The Modernist Dilemma and Our Options (1989) / Yi Ying Part Two: Globalization and a Domestic Turn, 1990--2000 I. Intrinsic Perspectives Artistic Trends in the Early 1990s (1990--93) New Generation and Close Up Artists (1992) / Yin Jinan Apathy and Deconstruction in Post-'89 Art: Analyzing the Trends of "Cynical Realism" and "Political Pop" (1992) / Li Xianting Appendix. The Misread Great Criticism (Da pipan) (2008) / Huang Zhuan Tendencies in Chinese Pop (1996) / Gu Chengfeng A Survey of Contemporary Chinese Performance Art (1999) / Gao Ling Major Trends in Contemporary Chinese Art of the Mid- to Late 1990s Identity and Experience Self A Personal Account of 65 Kg (1994/2000) / Zhang Huan Four Notes (1994) / Ma Liuming The Boundary of Freedom: A Personal Statement on Assignment No. 1 (Zuoye yihao) (1994/2000) / Qiu Zhijie Report from the Artist's Studio (1996) / Interview with Zhang Xiaogang by Huang Zhuan Preface to It's Me! (Shi wo!) (1998/2000) / Leng Lin Feminism and Women's Art Walking Out of the Abyss: My Feminist Critique (1994) / Xu Hong Toward a Female Initiative (1996/2003) / Tao Yongbai Wrapping and Severing (1997) / Lin Tianmiao Clothes Chest (Yixiang) (1995) / Yin Xiuzhen Engagement with Social Transformation Gaudy Art Living in Kitsch-The Critical "Irony" of Gaudy Art (1999) / Liao Wen Urban Destruction and Construction "Changchun, China": A Report on a Performance of Making Rubbings from Buildings Slated for Demolition (1994) / Huang Yan "94 Action Plan for Debris Salvage Schemes for Implementation and Results (1994) / Zhan Wang New Map of Beijing: Today and Tomorrow's Capital-Rockery Remolding Plan (1995) / Zhan Wang One Hour Game (Youxi yi Xiaoshi) (1996/1997) / Liang Juhui Report on Zhang Dali's Dialogue (Duihua) (1998) / Jiang Tao A Dialogue on Dialogue (200) / Gou Hongbing with Zhang Dali Sociality in Contemporary Art State of Existence (1994) / Zhu Fadong 12 Square Meters (12 pingfang mi) (1994) / Zhang Huan Ice '96 Central Plains (Bing: 96 Zhongyuan) (1996/2000) / Wang Jin On Painted Sculptures (1995/1997) / Liu Jianhua Standard Family (Biaozhun jiating) (1996/1997) / Wang Jinsong Why do I want to photograph the streets of Guangzhou? (2002) / Chen Shaoxiong Experimental Photography and Video Art Photography Trends and States of Photography's Development in Mainland China since 1976 (1994) / Li Mei and Yang Xiaoyan Appendix. Zero to Infinity: