{"product_id":"contemporary-chinese-art-a-history-by-wu-hung-9780500239209","title":"Contemporary Chinese Art: A History","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom its underground genesis during the Cultural Revolution, contemporary Chinese art has become a dynamic and hugely influential force in a globalised art world where the distinctions between Eastern and Western civilisation are rapidly collapsing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this first systematic introduction to the topic, Wu Hung provides a much-needed narrative of the development of Chinese art across all media during a period of radical social, political and economic change in China.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis richly illustrated and easy-to-navigate chronological survey considers contemporary Chinese art both in the context of China's specific historical experience and in the global arena.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWu Hung explores:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe emergence of avant-garde or contemporary art - as opposed to officially sanctioned art - in the public sphere after the Cultural Revolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe mobilisation by young artists and critics of a nationwide avant-garde movement in the mid-1980s\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe re-emphasis on individual creativity in the late 1980s\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe heightened spirit of experimentation of the 1990s\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe catapulting of contemporary Chinese art into the global arena from the 1990s onwards.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book introduces the reader to key art movements, styles and trends, important artists and art projects, experimental exhibitions and avant-garde publications, and China's growing number of new museums, galleries and alternative art spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eContemporary Chinese Art: A History\u003c\/em\u003e is an indispensable resource for one of the most vital and exciting areas of international art practice today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596049039596,"sku":"9780500239209","price":145.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780500239209-contemporary-chinese-art-a-history.jpg?v=1777914400","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/contemporary-chinese-art-a-history-by-wu-hung-9780500239209","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}