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Thirty Years of Adventures: Art and Artists from 1979
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Edited by Julia Peyton-Jones, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Gunnar B. Kvaran, Thierry Raspail. Following the rapid economic and cultural developments on the Indian subcontinent in recent years, Indian Highway is a timely snapshot of a new generation of artists. Its title indicates the significance of the road in migration, as well as the “information superhighway” that has driven India’s economic boom. A common thread throughout is the political and social engagement of these artists, who include: Ayisha Abraham, Ravi Agarwal, Sarnath Banerjee, Hemali Bhuta, Nikhil Chopra, Desire Machine Collective, Sheela Gowda, Sakshi Gupta, Shilpa Gupta, Subodh Gupta, NS Harsha, Abhishek, Hazra Shanay, Jhaveri, Jitish Kallat, Amar Kanwar, Bharti Kher, Bose Krishnamachari, Nalini Malani, Jagannath Panda, Prajakta Potnis, Raqs Media Collective, Tejal Shah, Valay Shende, Sudarshan Shetty, Dayanita Singh, Sumakshi Singh, Ashok Sukumaran, Shaina Anand, Thukral & Tagra and Hema Upadhyay. Indian Highway ISBN 978-3-86560-963-2 Pbk, 9 x 10.25 in. / 312 pgs / 290 color. U.S. $59.95 CDN $66.00 June/Art/Asian Art & Culture
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Remote from Streams and Mountains: New Painting From China Text by Lü Peng, Bai Hua. Curated by Lü Peng, Pure Views gathers more than 80 pieces by both established and emerging artists from China. The title references an artwork by Song Dynasty painter Xia Gui, as a hint that contemporary Chinese art might usefully pay more attention to its historical precedents. While western modernism and postmodernism seemed to be dominant models in the 1980s and 1990s, since the new millennium a new contemporary Chinese art has evolved from what Lü Peng has called “the combination of resources extracted from traditional art and the artists’ perceptions of contemporary society.” The artists include: Cao Jingping, Fang Lijun, Gao Wei, Guo Jin, He Sen, Hong Lei, Li Qing, Li Rui, Luo Quanmu, Pan Jian, Shang Yang, Shen Na, Shen Xiaotong, Tang Ke, Tu Hongtao, Wang Guangyi, Yang Mian, Yang Xun, Ye Yongqing, Yue Minjun, Zhang Xiaogang, Zhang Jian, and Zhao Qin. Pure Views ISBN 978-88-8158-821-3 Pbk, 8.5 x 7.75 in. / 208 pgs / 71 color / 35 b&w. U.S. $55.00 CDN $61.00 June/Art/Asian Art & Culture
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Notes of a Chinese Curator in Venice By Lü Peng. From San Servolo to Amalfi is a diaristic account of the Venice Biennale by Lü Peng, author, curator and the world’s foremost expert in Chinese art. Peng arrived at San Servolo on May 24, 2009 to oversee preparations for the Biennale exhibition he had co-curated entitled A Gift to Marco Polo. He kept a daily journal recording his work on the exhibition and the beauty of Venice and its surroundings. Peng’s joy in the occasion and the city is evident throughout:“I open the window and see the sea outside. The rising sun casts a beam of light onto a white building on a small island in the distance. This is the material world. Thinking of words such as moved or touched, I feel that such morning landscape tend to make me use them more easily than art does.” Interspersed throughout From San Servolo to Amalfi are philosophical musings and perceptive commentary on the Biennale. From San Servolo to Amalfi ISBN 978-88-8158-818-3 Pbk, 5.75 x 8.5 in. / 144 pgs / 100 b&w. U.S. $34.95 CDN $38.00 November/Art/Asian Art & Culture Also Available: A Pocket History of 20thCentury Chinese Art 9788881587964 Pbk, U.S. $59.95 CDN $66.00 Charta
Edited by Lü Peng, Zhu Zhu, Kao Kao Chien-hui. Lu Peng’s massive and ambitious Thirty Years of Adventures traces the momentous changes that have taken place in Chinese contemporary art since the country opened its doors to the west in 1979. At nearly 800 pages, and with nearly 800 color and black-and-white illustrations, it offers a thorough introduction to two generations of Chinese artists, each of whom is documented with reproductions and an extended critical introduction by Lu Peng, China’s leading contemporary art critic and historian. Among the artists included are Miao Xiaochun, Qiu Anxiong, Li Qing, THEY Art Group, Zhang Jian, Shen Shaomin, Dong Wensheng, Gao Shiqiang, Li Jikai, Wei Guangqing, Zeng Fanzhi, Deng Jianjin, Zhang Xiaogang, Guo Wei, Guo Jin, Zhong Biao, Liu Dahong, Ding Yi, Xue Song and Feng Zhengjie. Lu Peng has produced an invaluable sourcebook for anyone interested in making sense of the tumultuous changes taking place in Chinese (including Taiwanese) art over the last 30 years. Thirty Years of Adventures: Art and Artists from 1979 ISBN 978-988-19912-4-9 Clth, 7.25 x 10 in. / 792 pgs / 383 color / 410 b&w. U.S. $75.00 CDN $83.00 October/Art/Asian Art & Culture