Odyssey of culture : Wenda Gu and his art /

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Author / Creator:	Yan, Zhou, author.
Imprint:	Berlin : Springer, [2015] ©2015
Description:	1 online resource : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Chinese contemporary art series Chinese contemporary art series.
Subject:	Gu, Wenda, -- 1955- -- Criticism and interpretation. Gu, Wenda, -- 1955- Art, Chinese -- History and criticism -- 20th century. Art, Chinese -- History and criticism -- 21st century. Art, Chinese. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13357904

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ISBN:	9783662454114 3662454114 3662454106 9783662454107 9783662454107
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 17 2015).
Summary:	This book is the first case study on Wenda Gu that systematically investigates the cultural and artistic context of his life and works, examining selected images of his artwork spanning from the late 1970s to the early 21st century. It is the first monograph to provide a comprehensive and profound study of a Chinese contemporary artist. In the 1980s, the School of Hermeneutics attempted to launch a discursive revolution. Vanguard artists believed that the visual art revolution was an integral part of the critique of culture because it tended to subvert and rebuild the cultural tradition at a discursive level. This book, using a case study on Wenda Gu as representative of Chinese avant-garde, investigates the centrality of culture in art, providing readers with insights on the origin, rationale and methodology of Chinese contemporary art.
Other form:	Printed edition: 9783662454107
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-662-45411-4

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Genesis of the Issue of Culture: the Cultural Fever and Avant-Garde in the 1980s
Chapter 2.1 Cultural Fever and the Hermeneutics School.- Chapter 2.2 The Natural Ally of the Hermeneutics School
China's Avant-Garde in the 1980s
Chapter 3 The Discovery of the Centrality of Culture in Art: Wenda Gu.- Chapter 3.1 Family and Education
Art Heritage
Chapter 3.2 Initiative
the Critique of Culture
Chapter 3.3 Development
Analysis of Culture
Chapter 3.4 Reinforcement
Synthesis of Culture.- Chapter 4 Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix A: Chronology of Wenda Gu
Appendix B: Wenda Gu, "The Divine Comedy of Our Times".- Supplement A: "Forest of Stone Steles" -Translation within and between Cultures (Nov.2005)
Supplement B: Interview with Wenda Gu (July 2007)
Afterword.

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