The minjian avant-garde : art of the crowd in contemporary China / Chang Tan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tan, Chang, 1978- author.

Series:

Cornell East Asia series ; 216.

Cornell East Asia series ; number 216

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--China--History--20th century.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics).

Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--China--History--21st century.

Social practice (Art)--China--History--20th century.

Social practice (Art).

Social practice (Art)--China--History--21st century.

Art and society--China--History--20th century.

Art and society.

Art and society--China--History--21st century.

Art and social action--China--History--20th century.

Art and social action.

Art and social action--China--History--21st century.

Artists and community--China--History--20th century.

Artists and community.

Artists and community--China--History--21st century.

Physical Description:

xv, 205 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Art of the crowd in contemporary China

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell East Asia Series, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"This book studies how Chinese artists appropriated from and interacted with the broad public in the post-Mao era (1976-) and how such encounters helped them develop a unique avant-gardism. Artists like Huang Yong Ping and Ai Weiwei and art collectives like the Long March and the Yangdeng Co-op are discussed"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The proto minjian avant-garde : Exhibition Deconstructed

From the One to the Many : Writes Multitude

Art on the March : Thee Avant-garde and the Periphery

Things Acquire Life : Minjian in Objects

Making (and Serving) Multitude : the Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei

Conclusion : Minjian beyond China.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781501773181

1501773186

OCLC:

1411840333