The Philosophy and Art of Wang Guangyi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andina, Tiziana.

Contributor:

Onnis, Erica.

Series:

Aesthetics and contemporary art.

Aesthetics and contemporary art

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wang, Guangyi, 1957---Criticism and interpretation.

Wang, Guangyi.

Wang, Guangyi, 1957---Philosophy.

Wang, Guangyi, 1957---Interviews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2019.

Summary:

Wang Guangyi, one of the stars of the new wave of Chinese art, has artistically addressed major philosophical trends in Western philosophy while drawing on Taoism, Marxism and Maoism. By bringing together a team of experts in the philosophy of art to discuss his work, The Philosophy and Art of Wang Guangyi presents the first philosophical exploration of Wang's art, his thought and his analysis of Chinese society. From his use of words in images to his reference to the classics of Western painting, contributors set Wang's work against key questions in contemporary art. As well as answering what makes the language of pop art successful, they examine whether art and its history have come to an end, as Hegel posited, and if it is possible or even necessary to rework a new narrative for the history of contemporary art. The Philosophy and Art of Wang Guangyi marks an important contribution to understanding the background, work and ideas of a 21st-century political artist outside the West.

Contents:

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Introduction Chinese Contemporary Art: Between Deconstruction and Construction

Part I Defining the Human and Humanizing the Divine

1 Gratings, Barriers, and Boundaries: Wang Guangyi's Transcendental Painting

2 Wang Guangyi: Popular Study on Anthropology

Part II Duplicating the Scene

3 Wang Guangyi's "Material Spirit": A Religion Embodied in Art

4 The Tears of Pictures: Duplication and Inflection in Wang Guangyi's Oeuvre

Part III Bridging the Cultural Divide through Pop

5 On the Meanings of Propaganda

6 A Critique of Wang Guangyi's Great Criticism: Coca-Cola

Part IV Words and Images: Two Instruments to Describe the World

7 Wang Guangyi: On Contemporary Pop Art, "Covers," Remix, and Political Theology

8 The Globalist Dimension of Art: Wang Guangyi and Transculturalism

Part V Erasing the Emotions

9 Grief and the Power of the Mind

10 Reasoning with Idols: A Conversation with Wang Guangyi

Part VI The Circle of Life: Presenting and Representing Food

11 Food Art, a Hymn to Nature

12 Food in Wang Guangyi's Art

Part VII In Dialogue with Wang Guangyi

13 Nothingness, God, the Soul, and the World: A Conversation with Wang Guangyi

14 Dark Learning, Mysticism, and Art: A Conversation with Wang Guangyi

Index.

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ISBN:

9781350019386

1350019380

OCLC:

1097183848