
Xing Danwen
Works
Charles Merewether(Author)
Prestel (Publisher)
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-3-7913-4832-2 (ISBN)
Description
A new generation of artists emerged in 1980s China and they insisted on sweeping aside the curtain of secrecy surrounding their country. Award-wining photographer Xing Danwen is part of this generation. Over the course of more than twenty years she has contemplated the seismic transformations in Chinese culture and society and has projected those realities in her lens-based conceptual practice. At once deeply personal and political, Xing's richly varied photographs touch upon issues such as socio-cultural dislocation, tensions between globalization and tradition, environmental disasters and unbridled development, and the disconnection between desire and reality that typically suffuses urban life.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Munich
Germany
Illustrations
220 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 240 mm
ISBN-13
978-3-7913-4832-2 (9783791348322)
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Person
CHARLES MEREWETHER is Director at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore. A curator and art historian, Merewether has published numerous essays and books, including, most recently, an edited book of essays, After the Event: New Perspectives on Art History.