Yang Fudong - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3883759430 ISBN 13: 9783883759432

Publisher: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, 2005

Synopsis

The art of Yang Fudong (born 1971) reflects the ideals and anxieties of a generation born after China's Cultural Revolution, struggling to find their place amid the country's rapid transformation. His dreamlike films and film-installations feature long, suspended shots and multiple storylines. Yang calls his protagonists "intellectuals"--evoking ancient China's literati-artists and intellectuals who avoided participation in worldly affairs. In other works Yang focuses on the sense of isolation and loss increasingly present in China's contemporary society as communities are scattered, traditional rural villages dissolved, and the fight for survival takes precedence. In his most recent multichannel film installations, Yang shifts his attention toward a reflection on the process of filmmaking. The book, edited by Philippe Pirotte and Beatrix Ruf, includes a comprehensive selection of Yang Fudong's photographic and film work, as well as essays by film scholar Rey Chow and artists and curators Ho Rui An, Philippe Pirette, Beatrix Ruf and Colin Chinnery.

About this title

Synopsis:

Video/installation Yang Fudong's (*1971, Peking) films document traces of China's fast political, economical and cultural development, oscillating between intimacy and distance, security and unrest offers a survey of his oeuvre, Including his most recent works Includes an Interview with the artist by Gerald Matt, essays by Bert Rebhandl and Sabine Folie, biography and bibliography

About this edition

• Publisher: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 3883759430
• ISBN 13: 9783883759432
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 88