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Odyssey of Culture

Wenda Gu and His Art

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Authors:
  1. Yan Zhou

    1. Kenyon College, USA

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  • The first case study monograph on a Chinese contemporary artist
  • Examines the case of a globally established Chinese vanguard artist
  • Written by a long-term critic who has studied and lived in China and the West
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Chinese Contemporary Art Series (CCAS)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Yan Zhou
    Pages 1-9

  3. Genesis of the Issue of Culture: The Cultural Fever and Avant-Garde of the 1980s

    • Yan Zhou
    Pages 11-51

  4. The Discovery of the Centrality of Culture in Art: Wenda Gu

    • Yan Zhou
    Pages 53-119

  5. Conclusion

    • Yan Zhou
    Pages 121-124

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 125-164
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About this book

This book is the first case study on Wenda Gu that systematically investigates the cultural and artistic context of his life and works, examining selected images of his artwork spanning from the late 1970s to the early 21st century. It is the first monograph to provide a comprehensive and profound study of a Chinese contemporary artist. In the 1980s, the School of Hermeneutics attempted to launch a discursive revolution. Vanguard artists believed that the visual art revolution was an integral part of the critique of culture because it tended to subvert and rebuild the cultural tradition at a discursive level. This book, using a case study on Wenda Gu as representative of Chinese avant-garde, investigates the centrality of culture in art, providing readers with insights on the origin, rationale and methodology of Chinese contemporary art.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Kenyon College, USA

    Yan Zhou

About the author

The author has worked as a critic of Chinese contemporary art for three decades, and has taught art theory and art history at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China, and Kenyon College, Ohio, USA, consecutively.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Odyssey of Culture

  • Book Subtitle: Wenda Gu and His Art

  • Authors: Yan Zhou

  • Series Title: Chinese Contemporary Art Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45411-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-45410-7Published: 26 March 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52606-4Published: 12 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-45411-4Published: 11 March 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2199-9058

  • Series E-ISSN: 2199-9066

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 164

  • Number of Illustrations: 49 b/w illustrations, 40 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cultural Studies

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