The Art of Contemporary China

Jiang Jiehong

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Thames & Hudson
11 March 2021

Art & Architecture; Art & design styles: from c 1960

Series: World of Art

Fulfilling a need for an accessible, affordable introduction to a subject of sustained and growing significance in contemporary culture, this volume in the World of Art series redefines contemporary Chinese art in the last forty years since the end of China's Cultural Revolution, placing it in the context of unprecedented cultural, political and urban transformation.

This book offers neither an art historian's chronological review of Chinese art in post-Mao China, nor does it join the debate of previous terminologies coined by art critics; instead, it provides the most up-to-date understanding of contemporary Chinese art through original research and informed curatorial perspectives on the selected representative work, including painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, installation, video, performance and participatory art. It is about art, but it is also about China; and thus is not about the past, but also about the present - the truly 'contemporary'.

With 154 illustrations in colour

By: Jiang Jiehong
Imprint: Thames & Hudson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 150mm,
Weight: 460g
ISBN: 9780500204382
ISBN 10: 0500204381
Series: World of Art
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 11 March 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction • 1.The Collective • 2. Reinventing Tradition • 3. The Art of Urbanization • 4. Art At Large • Notes, Glossary, Select Bibliography

Professor Jiang Jiehong is a researcher, writer and curator. He is the founding Director of the Centre for Chinese Visual Arts at Birmingham City University and is the Principal Editor of the Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (Intellect).

Reviews for The Art of Contemporary China

'The author achieves a fresh and nuanced approach to introducing contemporary Chinese art, and the book is a testament to his extensive knowledge of the field' - Art Quarterly