Art of Change: New Directions from China - Softcover

Paul Gladston; Karen Smith; Carol Yinghua Lu; Phil Tinari; Zhu Zhu; Pauline J. Yao; Colin Chinnery; Katie Hill

9781853323034: Art of Change: New Directions from China

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853323039 ISBN 13: 9781853323034

Publisher: Hayward Gallery Publishing, 2012

Published to coincide with a major exhibition at London's Hayward Gallery, this beautiful, lavishly illustrated book explores the political, social and cultural conditions that have shaped contemporary Chinese sculpture of this kind. Commentary on individual artists is accompanied by a central text by Hayward Chief Curator Stephanie Rosenthal.

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About the Author:

Stephanie Rosenthal is Chief Curator at the Hayward Gallery, London. Paul Gladston is Associate Professor of Critical Theory and Visual Culture in the Department of Culture, Film and Media at the University of Nottingham. Pauline Yao is an independent curator and scholar specialising in contemporary Asian art and was the inaugural recipient of the Contemporary Chinese Art Critic Award in 2007. Colin Chinnery is an artist and curator based in Beijing. He is currently Director for ShContemporary Art Fair in Shanghai. Karen Smith is a curator and critic, based in Beijing since 1992. Author of 'Nine Lives: The Birth of Avant-Garde in New China' (2006), she has curated numerous exhibitions of Chinese art, including 'The Chinese' at Kunstmuseum Wolfsberg, Germany (2004) and 'Subtlety' at Platform China, Beijing (2008). Zhu Zhu is a curator and critic, based in Beijing, China. Philip Tinari is editor-in-chief of the Beijing-based art magazine LEAP. Carol Lu is curator and contributing editor for Frieze, Art Asia Pacific and Tema Celeste. Katie Hill is Director of the Office of Contemporary Chinese Art and guest co-editor for the Journal of Visual Art Practice.

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