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UNINA9910786581603321 |
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Autore |
Fok Silvia |
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Titolo |
Life and death [[electronic resource] ] : art and the body in contemporary China / / Silvia Fok |
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Bristol ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-86368-5 |
1-84150-764-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Death in art |
Art, Chinese |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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FrontCover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1: Life, Death and the Body in Art in the PRC; The production and reception of contemporary Chinese art; The artist's body as a revolutionary tool in contemporary Chinese art: Somatic perception and criticism; Life, death and the body in art; Tactile materiality of corpse in art; Tactile materiality of skull in art; Overview of the book; Notes |
Chapter 2: The Role of the Body in Representing Death in Art: Simulation of Death versus Dying in the Name of Art versus Photography Documenting Dying and DeathSimulation of death; - Wei Guangqing, Suicide Project, 1988; - Lanzhou Art Army, Funeral/Burial, 1993; - The SHS Group, Big Glass, Paradise in a Dream, 1993; - Huang Yan, Lying on the Rail, Suicide/Murder News, 1996; - Zhu Gang, Obituary, 1999; - Zhou Bin, A Traffic Accident Scene, 1999; - Xing Danwen, Urban Fiction, 2004-present; Dying in the name of art; - Qi Li, Ice Burial, 1992; - Zhang Shengquan (Da Zhang), Dying on 1 January 2000 |
Photography documenting dying and death- Wang Youshen, Before and After Grandmother Passed Away, 1989-1995; - Song Yongping, My Parents, 1999-2001; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3: Animal Body in Art; Human body interacting with animal body; - Zhang Peili, Document of Hygiene No. 3, 1991; - Dai Guangyu, Incontinence, 2005; - Wang Jin, |
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To Marry a Mule, 1995; - Wang Chuyu, Pigeon Dinner, 1999; - Zhang Shengquan, To Cross/To Carry a Goat, 1996; - Sun Yuan and Xiao Yu, Herdsman, 1998; - Xu Zhen, But I Don't Need Anything (I'm Not Asking for Anything), 1999; - Wu Gaozhong, Birthday on 28 May, 2000 |
- Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, A Safe Island, 2003Animal bodies interacting among one another; - Xu Bing, A Case Study of Cultural Transference, 1994; - Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, Dogs Cannot Touch Each Other: Controversy Model, 2003; Display of living and dead animal body; - Xiao Yu, Ruan, 1999; - Yang Maoyuan, Inflated Horse, 2001; - Xu Bing, Wild Zebra, 2002; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 4: Corporeal Materials in Art; Human body interacting with body parts; - Zhu Yu, Basics of Total Knowledge No. 4, 1998-1999; - Zhu Yu, Skin Graft, 2000; Human body interacting with corpses |
- Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, Body Link, 2000- Zhu Yu, Eating People, 2000; - Zhu Yu, Sacrifice: Feed a Dog with His Child, 2002; Human ashes as material in art; - Dai Guangyu, Be Lost, 1999; - Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, One or All, 2004; - Xu Bing, Where Does the Dust Collect?, 2004; Human blood as material in art; - Yang Zhichao, Macau, 2005; Human hair as material in art; - Leung Mee Ping, Memorise the Future, 1998-2002; - Gu Wenda, United Nations - China Monument: The Great Wall of People, 2004; - He Chengyao, The Possibility of Hair, 2006; Human body as material in art |
- Yang Zhichao and Ai Weiwei, Hide, 2002 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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For all their ubiquity, life and death have not been fully explored as integral themes in many forms of contemporary Chinese art. Life and Death addresses that lacuna. Exploring the |
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