In this book, leading art experts, art historians, and critics
review the life, career, and artistic development of New York based
Chinese artist Zhang Hongtu. A pioneer in contemporary Chinese art,
Zhang created the first example of "China Pop" art, and his oeuvre
is as diverse, intellectually complex, and engaging as it is
entertaining. From painting and sculpture to computer generated
works and multimedia projects, Zhang's art is equally rich in terms
of China's history and its current events, containing profound
reflections on China's oldest cultural habits and contemporary
preoccupations. He provides a model of cross-cultural interaction
designed to make Asian and Western audiences look more closely at
each other and at themselves to recognize the beliefs they hold and
the unexamined values they adhere to. From his early work in China
during the Cultural Revolution to his decades as an artist in New
York, Zhang reflects the complex attitudes of a scholar-artist
toward modernity, as well as toward Asian and Western societies and
himself. Placing Zhang in the context of his cultural milieu both
in China and in the Chinese immigrant artist community in America,
this volume's contributors examine his adaptations of classic art
to reflect a contemporary sensibility, his relation to Cubism and
Social Realism, his collaboration with the celebrated fashion
designer Vivienne Tam, and his visual critique of China's current
environmental crisis. Zhang's work will be on display at the Queens
Museum in New York City from October 17, 2015 to March 6, 2016.
Contributors: Julia F. Andrews, Alexandra Chang, Tom Finkelpearl,
Michael Fitzgerald, Wu Hung, Luchia Meihua Lee, Morgan Perkins, Kui
Yi Shen, Jerome Silbergeld, Eugenie Tsai, Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu,
Lilly Wei Co-published by the Queens Museum and Duke University
Press.
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