The artist Cao Fei (* 1978) lives in Beijing. In her work she makes use of the latest digital media. Her projects lie on the threshold between reality and fiction and reflect the societal and urban situation in China. The videos, photographs, drawings and multimedia installations represent her entire artistic oeuvre. In her works, which vary between the aesthetics of documentary, film and virtual reality, Cao Fei reflects the reality of life in China and the constant fundamental changes. In doing so she also draws on her personal surroundings in Beijing. As an artist she addresses questions which are universally valid: where is the development in big cities leading? What is my place within urban society? Am I a critical observer of gentrification processes and at the same time a part of the problem?
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• A Test Site / Alexandra Munroe
• Between Palimpsest and Teleology: The Problem of "Chinese Contemporary Art" / Philip Tinari
• Théâtre du monde: To Be Unthought / Hou Hanru
• Works / With entries by Hou Hanru, Katherine Grube, Alexandra Munroe, Lu Mingjun, Philip Tinari, Stephanie H. Tung, and Xiaorui Zhu-Nowell.

Published on the occasion of the largest exhibition of contemporary art from China ever mounted in North America, organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 'Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World' explores recent experimental art from 1989 to 2008, arguably the most transformative period of modern Chinese and recent world history.00Featuring over 150 iconic and lesser-known artworks by more than 70 artists and collectives, this catalog offers an interpretative survey of Chinese experimental art framed by the geopolitical dynamics attending the end of the Cold War, the spread of globalization and the rise of China. Critical essays explore how Chinese artists have been both agents and skeptics of China?s arrival as a global presence, while an extensive entry section offers detailed analysis on works made in a broad range of experimental mediums, including film and video, ink, installation, land art and performance, as well as painting and photography. 00Exhibition: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States (06.10.2017 - 07.01.2018).

Through a detailed look at twelve contemporary Chinese artists, this fascinating book offers a fresh assessment of the creative forces at work in a country whose economic, political, and cultural climates are of widespread and enduring interest. Viewed together, the featured artists, Cao Fei, Hao Liang, Hu Xiangqian, Liu Chang, Liu Shiyuan, Liu Wei, Liu Xiaodong, Qiu Zhijie, Tao Hui, Xu Qu, Xu Zhen, and Yang Fudong, reveal the complexities of their society. Their works, using a wide variety of techniques and media and drawn from local tradition and culture, highlight the current state of economy and ecology in China, as well as the transformation of the relationship between the city and the countryside. The word bentu means "the native soil, " but in reference to contemporary Chinese art, the term has come to signify the concept of a reconciliation between the "local" and the "global, " yielding a rediscovery of identity; this notion has become a central preoccupation among artists, curators, and academics in China today.
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"Bentu : la terre natale. Dans le champ de l'art contemporain chinois, ce terme ne renvoie pas à un nationalisme mais recouvre un concept dialectique qui concilie le bentu "local" au bentu "global" dans un processus d'universalisme et de redécouverte critique de l'identité propre. Cette expression est au centre des réflexions des artistes, des critiques et des chercheurs en Chine aujourd'hui."--Page 4 of cover.

• Nu hou ba! Mo ding / Tian Feiyu = MadeIn, roar! / Philip Tinari
• Mo ding wen hua de dan sheng / Lu Mingjun = The birth of MadeIn culture / Lu Mingjun
• Dui hua Xu Zhen: chao da fang xiang qian jin / Tian Feiyu = Moving forward : Xu Zhen in conversation / Philip Tinari
• Zhan chu zuo pin = Works in the exhibition
• Nian biao = Chronology.

• 怒吼吧! 没顶 / 田霏宇 = Madeln, roar! / Philip Tinari
• 没顶文化的诞生 / 鲁明军 = The birth of Madeln culture / Lu Mingjun
• 对话徐震 : 朝大方向前进 / 田霏宇 = Moving forward : Xu Zhen in conversation / Philip Tinari
• 展出作品 = Works in the exhibition
• 年表 = Chronology.

• Foreword / Philip Tinari
• The influence of Marcel Duchamp / John Tancock
• Duchamp and/or/in China / John Tancock
• The valis and box in a valise : a brief history of Marcel Duchamp's portable museum / Francis Naumann
• Marcel Duchamp : the valise or boîte-en-valise and related works / Francis Naumann.

• Maps and tables
• Waves and pearls
• Vases
• Newspaper reader and ...
• Fragments
• Fairytale
• City
• http://blog,sina.com.cn/aiweiwei.

• Includes the work of-- Qing Qing-- Wang Shugang-- Huang Rui-- Hai Bo-- Li Xianting-- Lin Tianmiao and Wang Gongxin-- Chen Zhen/Galleria Continua-- Convergences-- Guan Yi-- Universal Studios-Beijing/Chaos City-- Hong Hao-- Yan Lei-- Liu Wei-- Li Shurui and Chen Jie-- Zhang Xiaogang-- Unmask Unmask-- Liu Xiaodong-- Chen Wenbo-- Sui Jianguo-- Galerie Urs Meile-- Ai Weiwei-- Wu Ershan-- Yin Xiuzhen-- Rong Rong and Inri-- Wang Yiqiong-- Li Songsong-- Wang Guangyi-- Shao Yinong and Muchen-- Sun Yuan and Peng Yu-- and Wang Jinsong, among others.
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"Artists in China" documents the intriguing art and interiors that are emanating from China in the wake of the recent dynamic developments in the country's contemporary arts world, showing spaces linked to more than fifty artists working in China today. With more than 500 powerful photographs, this sumptuous, large-format book brilliantly captures the eclectic and exciting atmosphere that prevails in the Chinese art world today.
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