Total modernity and the avant-garde in twentieth-century Chinese art /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Gao Minglu
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
in association with China Art Foundation,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 409 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations (some color) ;
Dimensions
29 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-390) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Avant-garde and revolution in twentieth-century Chinese art -- Academicism and the amateur avant-garde in the post-cultural revolution period (1979-1984) -- The map of the '85 avant-garde movement -- The "China/avant-garde" exhibition of 1989 -- Metaphysical modernity: rationalist painting and current of life painting -- Chan meets Dada: merging destruction and tradition in the avant-garde mentality -- Metaphor over meaning: language art and gray humor -- Kitsch and complicity: the case of political pop and cynical realism -- Apartment art -- Maximalism