Description

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Since the end of the Cultural Revolution a whole new generation of artists has emerged in mainland China. This striking new volume presents seventy five artworks by twenty seven of these young Chinese artists. Covering all media, works by artists and collectives such as Birdhead, Double Fly, Irrelevant Commission, Liu Di, and Ma Qiusha have opened a window onto a new China, a society that has undergone rapid industrialization and globalization in the past two decades.

Author Barbara Pollack is a New-York-based independent curator, writer, and journalist, and a leading expert on contemporary Chinese art. She serves as consultant to the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of New Champions in China.

Publication accompanies a major exhibit opening at both Tampa Museum of Art and St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, FL, June 7 - September 28, 2014, before travelling to Oklahoma City Museum of Art, October 25, 2014 - January 18, 2015.

About the Author

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Barbara Pollack is a New-York-based independent curator, writer and journalist. She is the main show curator, editor, and author of the main catalogue, and a leading expert on contemporary Chinese art. She serves as consultant to the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of New Champions in China. Pollack's interest in China goes back to the late 1990s when she published ground-breaking articles on the Chinese art in Artnews, the Village Voice and Art & Auction. Since then, she has written about the Chinese art scene for Vanity Fair, the New York Times, The Washington Post, Art in America, Modern Painters, and Departures. In addition to magazine articles, Pollack has contributed catalogue essays for artists Li Songsong, Lin Tianmiao, Wang Gongxin, Chi Peng, Liu Ye and Zhang O and written profiles of leading artists Zhang Huan, Ai Weiwei, Zhang Xiaogang, Zeng Fanzhi, Yin Xiuzhen, Xu Zhen and Wang Qingsong. Several of her essays were included in the China Art Book, published by Dumont 2007. Based on her extensive research in this field, Pollack received a grant from Asian Cultural Council in 2006 and the prestigious Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation arts writers grant in 2008. Li Zhenhua is a multimedia artist, curator and founder-director of the Beijing Art Lab.