"The videos and photographs of Song Dong (born 1966) reveal the social implications of China's booming modernity, and the artist's own attempts to reconcile that boom with its spiritual traditions and its effects on members of his family. "Dad and Mom, Don't Worry About Us, We Are All Well" is based around a much heralded large-scale installation titled "Waste Not" (2005), comprised of over 10,000 items ranging from pots and basins to bl ..."
"Past in Reverse: Contemporary Art of East Asia features 22 artists and artist groups from Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea. As strategies for incorporating cultural and artistic genealogies in their work, these practitioners variously access traditional materials and techniques, established philosophical underpinnings, and behaviors surrounding the production and use of material culture. The region's cultural hybridiza ..."
"There are two kinds of antiterrorist emergency ventilation system. One is to defend indoor environment against chemical and biological agent (CBA) attacks. The other is to supply calmative gas to incapacitate terrorists when they hold hostages in public buildings. What kind of system and ventilation strategy can be used for antiterrorism, and how to make decision are introduced in the book. There are six sections in the book. How the em ..."
"This 180-page monograph on the painter Ji Dachun covers the artist's early Twombly-inspired works through to his more recent cartoon-based satires. His use of pencil and ink lines and white space resonates with traditional Chinese portrait painting. The satirical content of the works, however, is as contemporary as it is compelling. The book contains an interview with the artist by Li Xianting, and several essays by other critics of Asi ..."
"Chinese artist Qi Zhilong's career caught fire in the early 1990s, with the kitsch canvases of his Consumer Icons series, but the closely-cropped paintings of girls in military uniforms that he began in 1995, and which are featured in this volume, established him as an early proponent of Political Pop, and eventually as one of the most renowned artists in China. Qi's girls are attractive, self-confident, and very contemporary-looking, o ..."
"Feng Zhengjie, whose work appears on the cover of 2005Â's China: The New Contemporary Painting, represents international trends toward borrowing and riffing on bygone styles--and the return to painterly technique--as much as he does his countryÂ's blooming contemporary art scene. His sources include posters of Shanghai in the 1930s and contemporary wedding photography, and the bright, streamlined style with which he addresses their conv ..."
"Photographer Hong Lei, who was born in 1960 in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, fuses a variety of photographic techniques, including digital collage and hand dyeing. Drawing on the painting style of the Song Dynasty, which utilized round silk fans, Hong updates these familiar historical works by juxtaposing traditional elements with tropes and techniques drawn from advertising. One of his familiar symbols, for example, is taken from the po ..."
"China is booming! In the wake of economic liberalization, the nation's art scene has taken flight as well. The Swiss collector Uli Sigg, formerly his country's ambassador to Beijing, has followed the rapid pace of development since the 1980s, compiling along the way the world's largest collection of contemporary Chinese art, comprising more than 1,200 works by some 180 artists. Mahjong, named after the popular and ancient Chinese game o ..."
Stars 79-80 by LiXianting, Huang Rui Hardcover, 292 Pages, Published 2020 by Chinese University Of Hong Kong Press ISBN-13: 978-988-237-182-8, ISBN: 988-237-182-5
"In the late 1970s, at the close of the Cultural Revolution, a group of young, largely auto-didact artists in China endeavored to create artwork that would depart from present norms and reflect individual ideals. It was a period of hope for the future, full of energy permeating all levels of society. The artists came from a variety of backgrounds and had an even greater variety of artistic training and skill, but their ideas united them ..."
"This deluxe volume features works of art by and photographic portraits of a unique generation of artists that flourished in the years following the 1989 revolt. Artists include Liu Ye, Zhang Xiaogang, Fang Lijun, Yue Minjun, Yang Shaobin, Tang Zhigang, Chen Qing, Qing Zhao Nengzhi and Wei Dong."
"Klappentext:China boomt. Nach der wirtschaftlichen Liberalisierung ist auch die Kunstszene des Landes geradezu explodiert. Der Schweizer Sammler Uli Sigg, ehemaliger Botschafter in Peking, hat die rasante Entwicklung seit den 1980er Jahren begleitet und besitzt mit mehr als 1 200 Arbeiten von über 80 Künstlern mittlerweile die weltweit größte Sammlung zeitgenössischer chinesischer Kunst. Das prachtvolle Buch zeigt über 200 von Siggs Gem ..."
"The yardstick by which we evaluate our culture should be based on our own experience. And what could be a richer cultural resource from which to derive meaning than the socialist visual experience.... --Wang Guangyi This retrospective look at the 17-year oeuvre of one of the giants of Chinese contemporary art forms a rich tapestry of imagery, ideas, and ideology. From the mid-80s onward, Wang Guangyi has stood as a primary role model fo ..."
"Often aiming to shock, China's enfant terrible Liu Wei produces satirically precise drawings of crystalline clarity as well as abstract compositions where image and text are veiled in a wash of deceptively lush color. Within his recent works, the influence of Chinese calligraphy, landscape and ink painting, as well as European New Expressionist painting, Chinese (and Japanese) erotic iconography, and even Egyptian archeology is evident. ..."
"Er schreibt dazu von Golem, Scham und China. Eugen Blume erfaßt die Werke für die Kunstgeschichte. Den Kritiker Li Xianting bringen die Bilder zum Lachen, er sagt: But also from the heart."
Des del pais del centre Avantguardes artistiques xineses : del 19 de juny al 30 de setembre de 1995, Centre d'Art Santa Monica (Cultura. Arts plastiques) (Catalan Edition) by Inma G. Puy, LiXianting, Huany Du Paperback, 63 Pages, Published 1995 by Generalitat De Catalunya, Departament De Cultura ISBN-13: 978-84-393-3479-8, ISBN: 84-393-3479-6
"During the 1960's, faced with an unstable foreign policy as well as a high demand for resources, China was forced to relocate most of its heavy industry and armament factories. Originally situated on China's coast and in the North close to the Russian border, these factories were obliged to relocate to the country's heartland, hidden away and better protected. So the 'Third Line' was created. One by one factories were closed down and th ..."
Seeds of Faith Growing a Church in the Blue Ridge Mountains by LiXianting, Rob Hewitt Paperback, Published 2000 by Courtyard Gallery, Beijing ISBN-13: 978-91-1-005388-5, ISBN: 91-1-005388-3