‘Avant-garde’ Art Groups in China gives a critical account of four of the most significant avant-garde Chinese art groups and associations of the late 1970s and ’80s. It is made up largely of conversations conducted by the author with members of these organizations that provide insight into the circumstances of artistic production during the decade leading up to the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989. The conversations are supported by an extended introduction and other comprehensive notes that give a detailed overview of the historical circumstances under which the groups and associations developed.
Table of Content
Introduction
China’s Post-Maoist ‘Avant-garde’ in Context: Modern and Contemporary Art in China, 1911–2011
The Stars – The Northern Art Group – The Pond Association – Xiamen Dada
The Stars (Xingxing)
Conversations with Members of The Stars
– Yan Li
– Qu Leilei
The Northern Art Group (Beifang yishu qunti)
Conversations with Members of the Northern Art Group
– Wang Guangyi
– Shu Qun
– Ka Sang
The Pond Association (Chi she)
Conversations with Members of the Pond Association
– Zhang Peili
– Wang Qiang
– Song Ling
Xiamen Dada (Xiamen Dada)
A Conversation with Members of Xiamen Dada
– Huang Yongping, Yu Xiaogang, Lin Jiahua and Jiao Yaoming
About the author
Paul Gladston is Professor of Contemporary Visual Cultures and Critical Theory and Director of the Centre for Contemporary East-Asian Cultural Studies at the University of Nottingham. Between 2005 and 2010 he served as inaugural head of the School of International Communications and Director of the Institute for Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China. His recent book length publications include Contemporary Art in Shanghai: Conversations with Seven Chinese Artists (2011); ‘Avant-Garde’ Art Groups in China, 1979–89 (2013); Contemporary Chinese Art: a Critical History (2014); and Yu Youhan (2015). He is principal editor of the Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art and was an academic adviser to the exhibition Art of Change: New Directions from China, which was staged at the South Bank Centre in London in 2012. Contemporary Chinese Art: a Critical History received ‘best publication’ at the Art Awards China (AAC), 2015.
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