WangGuangyi:WordsandThoughts1985-2012
- 作者
- 出版社 Thames&Hudson
- 出版时间 2013年12月
- ISBN 9788857215679
- 定价 1374.30
内容简介
ThefirstmonographconceivedfortheinternationalmarketdevotedtooneofthemostimportantChinesecontemporaryartists.WangGuangyiisconsideredoneoftheemblemsofnewChina,becausehisworkunderlines,throughnewexpressivelanguageforms,thedeepsocialchangesthecountryisexperiencing.Thismonographrevealsforthefirsttimetheentireoeuvreoftheartist,whoseworksareclassifiedinChinaunderthegenreofPoliticalPop,andarekeptinthecollectionsofthemostimportantmuseumsandfoundationsintheworld.BorninHeilongjiangProvincein1956,WangGuangyibecameoneofthegreatstarsofcontemporaryChineseartthroughhisGreatCriticismseries.Throughthejuxtapositionoftwodefinitelyopposingideologies,eachrepresentedthroughiconicsymbols,GuangyicriticisesCommunismandconsumerismwhilenegatingbothbycombiningthemskilfully.Stylisticallymergingthegovernment-enforcedaestheticofAgitpropwiththekitschsensibilityofAmericanPop,Guangyisworkadoptsthecold-warlanguageofthe1960stoironicallyexaminethecontemporaryissuesofglobalisation.Throughtheircritique,Guangyispaintingsweaveintricatenarratives,implyingtheroleoftheartistasanactiveparticipant(bothassubjugatorandsubservient)ineconomicandsocialpolicies.Guangyitreadsaverydelicatelinebetweenmoraldictumandcapitalistendorsement;theinterpretationofhispaintingsalternateswiththesubjectivityofcontext.Amalgamating,confusingandblurringopposingideologicalbeliefs,Guangyisbillboard-sizedcanvasesreadilyselloutnationalvalour,whilesimultaneouslydevaluingstatussymbolluxuryfortheproletariatcause.
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