The minjian avant-garde : art of the crowd in contemporary China / Chang Tan

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Contents: The proto minjian avant-garde : Exhibition Deconstructed -- From the One to the Many : Writes Multitude -- Art on the March : Thee Avant-garde and the Periphery -- Things Acquire Life : Minjian in Objects -- Making (and Serving) Multitude : the Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei -- Conclusion : Minjian beyond China
Summary: "This book studies how Chinese artists appropriated from and interacted with the broad public in the post-Mao era (1976-) and how such encounters helped them develop a unique avant-gardism. Artists like Huang Yong Ping and Ai Weiwei and art collectives like the Long March and the Yangdeng Co-op are discussed"-- Provided by publisher.

Physical description: xv, 205 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Topic: Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--History; Social practice (Art)--History; Art and society--History; Art and social action--History; Artists and community--History; Art et société--Histoire; Art et action sociale--Histoire; Art social--Histoire; Relations artistes-collectivité--Histoire; Art and social action; Art and society; Artists and community; Avant-garde (Aesthetics); Social practice (Art)