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Li Jin (Beijing fangyuan yafen tuwen
sheji youxian gongsi, Beijing, January 2001)
Date:
January 2001
Language: English, Chinese
59 Illus., 63 pages
Dimensions: 25.9 x 17.6 x 0.8
(cm)
Price:
US$ 16.67.
Li Jin's signature expressionist facial features demonstrate his
unparalleled brushwork skills. With a foreword by Meg Maggio and
an essay by Lang Shaojun, this catalogue features Li Jin¡¯s
latest ink-wash and gong-bi figure paintings that focus on food
and animal themes.
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Reconfiguration (xingxiang congzu) (Beijing
fangyuan yafen tuwen sheji youxian gongsi, Beijing, January 2001)
Date:
January 2001
Language: English, Chinese
32 Illus., 71 pages
Dimensions: 25.9 x 21.5 x 1.2
(cm)
Price: US$ 25.00.
The twelve artists of diverse backgrounds included
in this travelling exhibition, sponsored by the CourtYard Gallery,
all use the body (or its substitute) as a way of investigating
various degrees of positioning and alienation within society,
history, and ultimately, individual subjectivity. Catalogue essay
by Lili Wei.
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'Next Wave' (Xin Chao) first issue,
July 2001
(Beijing yinshuaxueyuan shixi gongchang, July 2001)
Published in Chinese every month.
English language version published quarterly.
Paperback,
85 pages, 96 colour plates, 57 b&w plates
Dimensions: 25.0 x 21.0 x 0.5
cm
Price: US$10.00
Conceived by critic/curator Li Xianting
and documentary film maker Wu Wenguang, 'Next Wave' was launched
in Beijing on June 28th, and is set to delve into the innovative
and experimental side of China's visual and performing arts scene.
Included in the first issue are reviews of controversial exhibition
'Post-Sensation 2: Spree' and experimental dance performance 'Birth
Report', an interview with underground rock band Tongue (Shetou),
writings on recent work by artists He Yunchang, Zhang Xiaogang
and Kan Xuan, and a look back on the career of Chen Zhen.
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Hot Pot (RK Grafisk AS, Norway, April
2001)
Date:
April, 2001
Language: English, Chinese, Norwegian
148 Illus., 192 pages
Dimensions: 26.0 x 18.4 x 0.6
Price:
US$ 33.00.
This mammoth exhibition in Oslo featured the work of over 30 vanguard
artists from all over China, whose work is well illustrated in
this colourful catalogue. Reading matter includes Gu Zhenqing¡¯s
essay on developments in art since the Cultural revolution, and
the curators of the exhibition writing about their experiences
of China¡¯s vibrant contemporary art scene.
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First Encounter - Lu Shengzhong (Beijing
tushu chuangyi, Beijing, November 2000)
Date:
November, 2001
Language: English, Chinese.
90 Illus., 74 pages
Dimensions (cm): 28.1 x 20.9 x 1.0
Price: US$ 200.00. (Includes original papercut by artist)
This catalogue was produced for
the first major show in the USA of Lu Shengzhong at Chambers Fine
Art. In the hands of Lu Shengzhong, the amazingly intricate cut
paper shapes are assembled to establish elaborate installations
as well as series of wall-hangings that utilize positive and negative
forms in a lively dialogue. In his introduction Wu Hung, has stated,
"among a small group of contemporary Chinese artists who
have obtained world-wide renown, Lu Shengzhong is unique in his
quest to express individuality and contemporaneity through a Chinese
vernacular art form - the art of paper cutting."
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Virtual Future: An Exhibition of Chinese
Contemporary Art (Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangdong, March 2001)
Language:
Chinese
104Illus., 112 pages
Dimensions (cm): 28.5 x 21.0 x 0.8
Price:
US$ 25.00.
The exhibition held at the Guangdong Museum of Art, curated by
Gu Zhenqing featured artists Cao Fei, Cao Kai, Gu Kaijun, Hong
Hao, Li Tianyuan, Lin Yilin, Xu Tan, Zhou Xiaohu, Cang Xin, Huang
Yan, Weng Fen, Yang Fudong, Dai Guangyu, Jin Feng, Qiu Zhijie,
Liu Heng, Song Dong and many others. Only the titles of the works
are translated into English, but the design and quality of printing
are excellent. Includes an interview with the curator and biographies
of all artists.
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Chen Zhen
(PJ Print, London, January 2001)
Date:
January, 2001
Language: English.
20 Illus., 35 pages
Dimensions: 22.0 x 22.0 x 0.3
Price: US$30.36.
Chen Zhen's posthumous solo exhibition
at London's Serpentine Gallery is documented in this slim and
attractively produced volume. Jerome Sans interviews Chen Zhen
and Hou Hanru writes about his life's work.
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Towards a New Image: Twenty Years of
Contemporary Chinese Painting
(Beijing Fondark Printing Co., Ltd, Beijing, April 2001)
Date:
April, 2001
Language: English, Chinese.
92 Illus., 279 pages
Dimensions: 28.8 x 24.0 x 2.4
Price: US$40.00.
This landmark exhibition saw many
acclaimed painters exhibited for the first time in the National
Gallery, Beijing. The catalogue is big, red and shiny, with ood
examples of the work of all featured artists: Cai Jin, Ding Yi,
Fang Lijun, Liu Wei, Liu Xiaodong, Luo Zhongli, Mao Yan, Sun Liang,
Wang Guangyi, Xu Jiang, Yan Peiming, Yang Jiechang, Yu Hong, Ye
Yongqing, Yue Minjun, Zeng Fanzhi, Zeng Hao, Zhang Xiaogang, Zheng
Zaidong and Zhou Chunya. Catalogue essays by Zhang Li, Li Xianting,
Huang Zhuan, Fan Di'an and curator Weng Ling are well translated.
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Cultural Relics No.5, 2000 (wenwu No.5,
2000)
Date:
May, 2000
Language: Chinese
30 Illus., 96 pages
Dimensions: 26.0 x 18.4 x 0.6
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Red
Hot (honghuo)
Date:
November, 2001
Language: English, Chinese
58 Illus., 60 pages
Dimensions: 21.0 x 19.0 x 0.7
Price: US$0, plus shipping.
Courtesy of Ogilvy and Mather, this
exhibition catalog is now available for free. Featured artists
include: Yang Zhenzhong, Lu Hao, Wang Qingsong, Wang Jinsong,
Shi Zhongying, Wang Yuping and others. The catalog includes essays
by top critics Pi Li, Karen Smith and Zhang Zhaohui. All you have
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Fuck
Off (buhezuo fangshi)
Date:
November, 2000
Language: Chinese & English
191 Illus., 198 pages
Dimensions: 21.1 X 24.9 X 1.6
Price: US$49.50
Published by Ai Weiwei (Grey Cover Book, etc.), this "satellite"
exhibition catalog is as provocative as it is well-documented
and professionally printed. If you thought the exhibition was
shocking, wait till you see the participating artists' other works.
Say what you will about the meat and bodies, this is the most
comprehensive document to date of these young experimental artists
and their work.
We would like to thank Mr Ai Weiwei for generously donating
the proceeds from sales of this catalog to Chinese-artbooks.com.
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Chinese
Art at the End of the Millennium
Date:
November, 2000
Language: English
104 Illus., 262 pages
Dimensions:
15.5 x 22.9 x 1.6
Price: US$28.00 Comprised
of over 40 articles, essays and texts from Chinese-art.com, this book is for those
who prefer the printed page or may not have the time to read articles on the web.
Edited by John Clark, it is the first of its kind every published on the subject
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Exhibiting
Experimental Art in China
Date:
January, 2000
Language: English
69 Illus., 262 pages
Dimensions:
18.4 x 27.9 x 2.2
Price: US$40.00
This
wonderfully designed and produced exhibition catalog is the second publication
by Professor Wu Hung on the subject of contemporary Chinese art. It also contains
primary materials that document recent exhibitions of experimental art in China.
It will no doubt serve as a significant addition to scholarship on Chinese contemporary
art. 
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Shanghai
Biennale (shanghai shuannian zhan 2000)
Date:
November, 2000
Language: Chinese&English
249 Illus., 277 pages
Dimensions: 26.0 X 33.4 X 2.8
Price: US$92.40
The Shanghai Biennale 2000 catalog.
A landmark document to what will no doubt be a watershed art event in Chinese
art.
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Unusual
and Usual Contemporary Art Exhibition (yichang yu richang dangdai yishuzhan)
Date: November, 2000
Language: Chinese&English
93 Illus., 97 pages
Dimensions:
20.5 X 28.5 X 0.8
Price: US$26.40
Another catalog of an important "satellite"
exhibition running concurrent to the Biennale. Curator Gu Zhenqing
pushes art to the edge with its important line-up of artists working
in conceptual photography and installation art.
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Useful
Life (youxiaoqi)
Date:
November, 2000
Language: Chinese & English
44 Illus., 50 pages
Dimensions: 20.3 X 24.9 X 0.5
Price:
US$22.00
This "satellite" catalog
features Shanghai video artists, Yang Zhenzhong, Xu Zhen and Yang
Fudong. While it is always difficult to depict video installations,
still the catalog documents works by each of the artists and remains
an essential document of their oeuvre.
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Liu
Xiaodong 1990-2000 (Works of Liu Xiaodong, 1990-2000)
Date:2000
Language: Chinese & English
45 Illus., 77 pages
Dimensions:
21.5 x 23.0 x 0.7
Price: US$20.00
This
exhibition catalog provides excellant b/w index to the works of Liu Xiaodong done
over the last 10 years. English-language essays by Karen Smith, Nicholas Jose,
along with English translations of excerpts from critical essays by China's top
critics, provide a well-rounded historical and critical context for the works
of this leading New Generation artist. Also included are the artist's sketches
and photos, which provide further insight into the creative process leading to
the artist's oils.
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Zhongguo
Dangdai Yishu (90's Art China)
Date: March, 2000
Language: Chinese
with English and French translations of two essays by Lu Peng)
556 Illus.,
431 pages
Dimensions: 29.0 x 22.0 x 3.3
Price: US$57.60 A
comprehensive survey of the art of the last decade, this book contains chapters
on New Generation, Cynical Realism, Pop Art, Feminine Art, Gaudy Art and Conceptual
Art. This massive work is beautifully printed with excellant color reproductions
of artworks. Lu Peng and Hunan Fine Arts Publishing have raised the bar for future
publications on the subject.
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"Jia:
Dangdai yishu ti an? Home -- Contemporary Art Projects)
Date: April
2000
Language: Chinese
120 Illus., 120 pages
Dimensions:
28.5 x 21 x 0.9 cm
Price: US$44.35 This
catalog from the April exhibition of the same name comprises drawings, photos
and written descriptions by each of the more than 60 participating artists in
this massive exhibition of installation art curated by Wu Meichun and Qiu Zhijie.
An excellent document of one of the seminal art events of the year. Note: The
catalog cover binding is shoddy and color offsets rushed. 
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Urban
Impression-- A Collection of Conemporary Experimetal Inkwash Drawings
Date: September 1999
Language: Chinese
105 Illus., 115 pages
Dimensions: 28.5 x 21 x 1.1 cm
Price: US$26.40 This
is an exhibition catalog comprising representative works of leading young ink
and wash artists, with an emphasis on the figurative. Curated by Lu Hong, this
exhibition establishes him at the forefront of ink and wash in China. The twelve
artists invited to participate include Tian Liming, Liu Qinghe, Zhou Jingxin,
Wu Yi and Huang Yihan. 
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Photographers
(China New Photo)
Date: December, 1998
Language: Chinese &
English
76 Illus., 89 pages
Dimensions: 30.0
x 23.0 x 1.3
Price: US$24.00 This
issue (No. 41) of Photographers International focuses on Chinese artists using
the photograph as media, artists such as Liu Zheng, Rong Rong, Qiu Zhijie, Wang
Jinsong, Hong Lei, Zhang Wen, Wu Xiaojun and Jiang Zhi. In addition to representitive
photo works by each artist, the editor includes a short interview with each artist
in English and Chinese. 
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Modern
Chinese Art Foundation
Introduction: Hans Van Dijk, John Clark
Date: 1999
Language: Chinese, English & Dutch
70 Illus., 101 pages
Dimensions: 26.0 x 21.0 x 1.0
Price:
US$33.00 This
catalog comprises a large part of the rapidly growing collection of the Modern
Chinese Art Foundation, established in Belgium in 1999. Featuring 70 artworks
by 17 now well-established artists, such as Ai Weiwei, Ding Yi, Zhuang Hui, Hong
Hao, Wang Xingwei, Zheng Guogu, among others. Besides high quality illustrations,
the two catalog essays provide a larger contextual framework for understanding
the art of this period. 
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Trace
of Existence: A Private Showing of Chinese Contemporary Art' 98
Editor:
Feng Boyi, Cai Qing
Published by: Beijing Jingyuan press
Date: 1998
Language: Chinese & English
106 b/w Illus., 62 pages
Dimensions:
27.0 x 21.0 x 0.75
Price: US$10.00 This
catalog documents performance and installation works by Song Dong, Wang Gongxin,
Yin Xiuzhen, Qiu Zhijie, Wang Jianwei, Gu Dexin, Zhan Wang, Cai Qing. Translations
of Feng Boyi by Karen Smith and Pi Li are highly readable. 
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Zhang
Dali
Introduction: Mathieu Borysevicz
Published by: The
Courtyard Gallery
Date: 1999
Language: Chinese & English
173 Illus.
155 pages
Dimensions: 30.0
X 25.0 X 1.5
Price: US$70.00 The
most comprehensive book every assembled on this prolific and important graffitist/artist.
Many of the artist's graffiti works in the book have been razed along with the
old buildings they enclose to make room for new real estate developments. Mathieu
Borysevicz provides eloquent comment on the significance of this artist and his
works. Highly recommended.
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Black
Cover Book
Curator / Editor: Ceng Xiaojun, Ai Weiwei, Xu Bing
Date:
1997
Language: Chinese
70+ b/w Illus., 158 pages
Dimensions:
26.4 x 21 x 1 cm
Price: US$27.50 The
first of the seminal series of Red Flag books on China's avant-garde, the 1994
Black Cover compilation includes an interview with Hsieh Tehching, plus Studio
and Artworks sections. This issue's Studio section includes a recent work and
notes by featured artists, including: Ma Liuming, Wang Gongxin, Ai Weiwei, Zhu
Fadong, Song Dong, Xu bing, zhang Huan, Geng Jianyi, Huang yongping, Lin Yilin,
Xu Tan, Liang Juhui, Ah Xian, Huang Yan, Liang Shaoji. It also contains early
news report on East Village. Limited quantities remaining. 
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The
Traditional Visual Image
Curator / Editor:Gu Zhenqing
Date: November
1999
Venue: Shanghai University, Art Institute Salon
Language: Chinese
& English
44 pages: 40+ color illus.
Dimensions:28.5x21x0.5cm
Price: US$20.00 This
exhibition catalog features conceptual photography works of Cang Xin, Jin Feng,
Huang Yan and Wang Jingsong. Beautfully printed edition of new works by these
important conceptual artists. Highly recommended. 
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Urban
Personality and Contemporary Art
(du shi ren ge yu dang dai yi shu)
Curator: Lin Zi
Language: Chinese and English
496 pages
Dimensions:28.5x21x3cm
Price: US$49.00 Critic
Wang Lin has put together a compendium of bios and artworks of over one hundred
artists that fit the above book title description.
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Chinese
Type Contemporary Art
(volume2,
issue6)
Edited
by Hou Hanru
Bound Printed Copy 110 pgs.
US$40.00
Internationally
renowned curator and critic, Hou Hanru, looks "Beyond the Chinese" with
articles by leading writers and critics from around the world. Mr Hou will be
one of curators for this years Shanghai Biennial. (volume2,
issue5)
Edited by Pi Li & Pi Daojian
Bound Printed Copy 58pgs.
US$35.00
The
father and son critics, Pi Daojian and Pi Li, make Ink on Paper and identity politics
the subject of this issue. (volume2,
issue4)
Edited by Francesca Dal Lgo
Bound Printed Copy 61 pgs.
US$35.00
Francesca
Dal Lago provides in-depth and comprehensive coverage and critique of this year's
Venice Biennale. (volume2,
issue3)
Edited by Zhu Qi
Bound Printed
Copy 65 pgs.
358 color images
US$35.00
Zhu
Qi asks the question: Do Westerners Really Understand Contemporary Chinese Art?
And, provides a perspective, which right or wrong, challenges art world logocentrism.
(volume2,
issue2)
Edited by Li Xianting
Bound
Printed Copy 59 pgs.
312
color images
US$35.00
Leading
art critic, Li Xianting provides comprehensive overview of events and artworks
shaping art history over the last decade. Great short history.
(volume2,
issue1)
Edited by Ai Weiwei
Bound Printed
Copy 50 pgs.
262 color images
US$30.00
Ai
Weiwei's thirteen years in New York and position as juror for Chinese Contemporary
Art Award make for an in-depth look at newly emergin artists that dare to be different. (volume1,
issue5)
Edited by Leng Lin
Bound
Printed Copy 50 pgs.
123 color images
US$30.00
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issue4)
Edited by Yin Jinan
Bound
Printed Copy 43 pgs.
112
color images
US$30.00
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Edited by Yi Ying
Bound Printed Copy 34
pgs.
116 color images
US$30.00
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Edited by Liao Wen (Issue 2)
21 pgs.
82 color images
US$20.00
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issue 1)
Edited by Leng Lin (Issue 1)
18 pgs.
58 color images
US$18.00
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