Nine lives
Subtitle: the birth of avant-garde art in new China
By: Karen Smith
Edition: Updated ed.
Publisher: Timezone 8; Distributed by DAP in North America
Published: 2008
Place of publication: China]; [Berkeley]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 471
ISBN-13: 9789881714336
Subjects: Chinese Art; Artists; Biography; Kunst; Künstler; Avant Garde
Other titles: 9 lives; Birth of avant-garde art in new China
Description: "The author, British art historian Karen Smith, paints a series of vivid portraits of the lives and careers of nine artists who have come to embody the avant-garde in Chinese art: nine individuals born at the onset of the People's Republic of China, who grew up during the Cultural Revolution, and yet emerged in the 1980s to become some of the most influential characters shaping modern art within China, and its profile on the international scene. Smith's experience in China and her fluency in Mandarin give an edge to the text and results in a penetrating portrait of the mindset of the generation she describes."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Preface: Marianne Brouwer; title: Introduction: history and context; title: Time line; title: Wang Guangyi: from Mao to now; title: Geng Jianyi: trust only he who doubts; title: Fang Lijun: swim or sink; title: Gu Dexin: 1962.02.27; title: Li Shan: nowhere without Mao; title: Zhang Xiaogang: in the genes; title: Xu Bing: In a word; title: Zhang Peili: candid video; title: Wang Jianwei: does grey matter?; title: Glossary.