Title The minjian avant-garde art of the crowd in contemporary China Chang Tan

Published Ithaca Cornell East Asia Series, an imprint of Cornell University Press 2023 ©2023

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Description 1 online resource illustrations Series Cornell East Asia series number 216 Cornell East Asia series ; 216. Contents The Minjian Avant-Garde -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. The Proto-Minjian Avant-Garde: Exhibition Deconstructed -- 2. From the One to the Many: Writing Multitude -- 3. Art on the March: The Avant-Garde and the Periphery -- 4. Things Acquire Life: Minjian in Objects -- 5. Making (and Serving) Multitude: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei -- Conclusion: Minjian beyond China -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Color images are at the end of the ebook 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter, viewed on February 21, 2024) Subject Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- China -- History -- 20th century Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- China -- History -- 21st century Social practice (Art) -- China -- History -- 20th century Social practice (Art) -- China -- History -- 21st century Art and society -- China -- History -- 20th century Art and society -- China -- History -- 21st century Art and social action -- China -- History -- 20th century Art and social action -- China -- History -- 21st century Artists and community -- China -- History -- 20th century Artists and community -- China -- History -- 21st century ART / Asian / Chinese. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781501773204 1501773208 9781501773198 1501773194

Other Titles Art of the crowd in contemporary China

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