The Future History of Contemporary Chinese Art Wang Hardback John Wiley & Sons

The Future History of Contemporary Chinese ArtAuthor(s): Peggy Wang\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Minnesota Press, United States\nImprint: University of Minnesota Press\nISBN-13: 9781517909154, 978-1517909154\nSynopsis\nA revelatory reclaiming of five iconic Chinese artists and their place in art history\n\n During the 1980s and 1990s, a group of Chinese artists (Zhang Xiaogang, Wang Guangyi, Sui Jianguo, Zhang Peili, and Lin Tianmiao) ascended to new heights of international renown. Even as their fame increased, they came to be circumscribed by simplistic Western interpretations of their artworks as social and political critiques, a perspective that privileged stories of dissidence over deep engagement with the art itself. Through in-depth case studies of these five artists, Peggy Wang offers a corrective to previous appraisals, demonstrating how their works address fundamental questions about the forms, meanings, and possibilities of art.\n\n By the end of the 1980s, .