Taiping Tianguo- A History of Possible Encounters Ai Weiwei, Frog King Kwok, Tehching Hsieh, and Martin Wong in New York Edited by Cosmin Costinas; Doryun Chong
Material type: TextPublication details: Germany Sternberg Press 2015Description: 144p 24cmISBN:- 9783956791161
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | SAF Reference Library | Visual Arts | N4390-5098 N541 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | N541 |
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Taiping Tianguo: a history of possible encounters, a touring exhibition organized by Para Site, Hong Kong
Taiping Tianguo: A History of Possible Encounters," a touring exhibition organized by Para Site, Hong Kong, began as a series of questions: How did Ai Weiwei, Frog King Kwok, Tehching Hsieh, and Martin Wong--four artists of Chinese heritage hailing from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and San Francisco, respectively--all end up in New York in the heady 1980s? Did they know one another? By considering them together, what might we learn about their practices and the storied time and place in art history? With nuanced glimpses of the artists' overlapping experiences, networks, and friendships, this book makes a unique contribution to a critical reading not only of New York art of the 1980s, but also of nascent contemporary Chinese art in the advent of the globalization of the art world.
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