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A lively tour through experimental Chinese photography from the
early 1990s to today  The past thirty years were dynamic,
transformative decades in Chinese photography. Artists exposed to
recent work from around the globe experimented with photography in
newly conceptual and expressive ways, and their art from this
period offers a portrait of a country at a moment of rapid
urbanization, globalization, and cultural foment. A Window Suddenly
Opens reveals the key role that photography has played in
questioning and refashioning the aesthetic and social status quo of
modern Chinese society for the past three decades. Â
Alongside prescient works by Cao Fei, Lin Tianmiao, Rong Rong, Song
Dong, Wang Qingsong, Zhang Huan, Zhang Peili, and many other
artists, essays and interviews by scholars and curators explore the
history of experimental photography in China and the artistic
transformations of the digital age. The book also features texts
written between 1994 and 2014 by Chinese artists, some published
for the first time here in English, which offer essential insights
into their ideas and experiences as they forged new creative paths.
To explore further, readers can instantly access artist videos
inside this book with Hirshhorn Eye, the Hirshhorn Museum’s
award-winning image-recognition technology. Â Published in
association with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Â
Exhibition Schedule: Â Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
(November 4, 2022–January 7, 2024)
Ian Fairweather is one of the most significant twentieth-century
artists to have worked in Australia. After a life of wandering,
including time spent in China, Bali and the Philippines,
Fairweather settled on Bribie Island, off the coast of Queensland,
where he built his own house. In 1962 a leading art critic named
him 'our greatest painter'. Fairweather is exceptional among modern
artists for his experience of Chinese life and culture. He lived
and worked in China for extended periods, learnt Chinese and
published a book-length translation of the popular Chinese novel
The Drunken Buddha (1965). From an early age Fairweather sought
alternatives to art based on verisimilitude and single-point
perspective. This led to a lifelong engagement with the principles
of Chinese art and thought that profoundly shaped his own creative
process. Drawing on letters, interviews and other archival
materials to shed new light on Fairweather's artistic practice,
Claire Roberts brings her own extensive knowledge of Chinese
language and art to this absorbing re-examination of a revered
artist. Fairweather and China shows how central the China
experience is to his emergence as a key transcultural figure,
connecting British, European, Chinese and Australian art histories
in new and visionary ways.
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