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Odyssey of Culture

Part of the Chinese Contemporary Art Series Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-45411-4

ISBN: 978-3-662-45410-7

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg - Springer Journals

Mar 12, 2015

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Chapter 1Introduction

Zhou, Yan

Pages: 1 –9

[The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the statements, actions, and art of Wenda Gu in order to prove that the issue of culture is central in his art, which is a phenomenon common in Chinese contemporary art. Wenda Gu was born in Shanghai, China, in 1955, moved to New York in 1988,...
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Chapter 2Genesis of the Issue of Culture: The Cultural Fever and Avant-Garde of the 1980s

Zhou, Yan

Pages: 11 –51

[It is reasonable to say that we may read culturalCultural meaningMeaning from most art works directly or indirectly, since art is always a product of a specific cultural contextCultural context. It is different, however, to have cultural meaning in an artwork and to concentrate cultural...
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Chapter 3The Discovery of the Centrality of Culture in Art: Wenda Gu

Zhou, Yan

Pages: 53 –119

[Wenda Gu was one of the major figures in China’s avant-garde movement of the 1980s and played a unique role in this movement as well as in the Great Cultural Discussion. When art groups mushroomed nationwide, Gu became a bright star as an “individual artist” independent of any art group—an...
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Chapter 4Conclusion

Zhou, Yan

Pages: 121 –124

[I believe the exhibition and incident of the Interpol—A Global Network from Stockholm and MoscowInterpol – A Global Network from Stockholm and Moscow in Stockholm, Sweden, 1996, was both a special and representative case revealing Wenda GuWenda Gu’s ambition, ideas, and frustration. It reflected...

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