{"product_id":"total-modernity-and-the-avant-garde-minglu-gao-9780262014946","title":"Total Modernity and the Avant-Garde in Twentieth-Century Chinese Art","description":"\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking book that describes a distinctively Chinese avant-gardism and a modernity that unifies art, politics, and social life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo the extent that Chinese contemporary art has become a global phenomenon, it is largely through the groundbreaking exhibitions curated by Gao Minglu: \"China\/Avant-Garde\" (Beijing, 1989), \"Inside Out: New Chinese Art\" (Asia Society, New York, 1998), and \"The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art\" (Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 2005) among them. As the first Chinese writer to articulate a distinctively Chinese avant-gardism and modernity--one not defined by Western chronology or formalism--Gao Minglu is largely responsible for the visibility of Chinese art in the global art scene today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary Chinese artists tend to navigate between extremes, either embracing or rejecting a rich classical tradition. Indeed, for Chinese artists, the term \"modernity\" refers not to a new epoch or aesthetic but to a new nation--modernityinextricably connects politics to art. It is this notion of \"total modernity\" that forms the foundation of the Chinese avant-garde aesthetic, and of this book. Gao examines the many ways Chinese artists engaged with this intrinsic total modernity, including the '85 Movement, political pop, cynical realism, apartment art, maximalism, and the museum age, encompassing the emergenceof local art museums and organizations as well as such major events as the Shanghai Biennial. He describes the inner logic of the Chinese context while locating the art within the framework of a worldwide avant-garde. He vividly describes the Chinese avant-garde's embrace of a modernity that unifies politics, aesthetics, and social life, blurring the boundaries between abstraction, conception, and representation. Lavishly illustrated with color images throughout, this book will be a touchstone for all considerations of Chinese contemporary art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Minglu Gao\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262014947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262014946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.30h x 8.83w x 1.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2011","brand":"Minglu Gao","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44049083433215,"sku":"9780262014946","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8e4c340-f5b6-4045-8dfd-d187d3dcd78e.jpg?v=1684999527","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/total-modernity-and-the-avant-garde-minglu-gao-9780262014946","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}