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OverviewWang Guangyi, one of the stars of the new wave of Chinese art, has artistically addressed major philosophical trends in Western philosophy while drawing on Taoism, Marxism and Maoism. By bringing together a team of experts in the philosophy of art to discuss his work, The Philosophy and Art of Wang Guangyi presents the first philosophical exploration of Wang's art, his thought and his analysis of Chinese society. From his use of words in images to his reference to the classics of Western painting, contributors set Wang's work against key questions in contemporary art. As well as answering what makes the language of pop art successful, they examine whether art and its history have come to an end, as Hegel posited, and if it is possible or even necessary to rework a new narrative for the history of contemporary art. The Philosophy and Art of Wang Guangyi marks an important contribution to understanding the background, work and ideas of a 21st-century political artist outside the West. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tiziana Andina (University of Turin, Italy) , Erica Onnis (Laboratory of Ontology, Italy) , Universit a Per Stranieri Di SienaPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.422kg ISBN: 9781350231146ISBN 10: 1350231142 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 24 December 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction: Chinese Contemporary Art: Between Deconstruction and Construction, Tiziana Andina and Erica Onnis 1. Defining the Human and Humanizing the Divine Gratings, Barriers and Boundaries. Wang Guangyi’s Transcendental Painting, Luca Illetterati Wang Guangyi. Popular Study on Anthropology, Demetrio Paparoni 2. Duplicating the Scene Wang Guangyi’s “Material Spirit”: a Religion Embodied in Art, Tiziana Andina The Tears of Pictures. Duplication and Inflection in Wang Guangyi’s Oeuvre, Enrico Terrone 3. Bridging the Cultural Divide Through Pop On the Meanings of Propaganda, Erica Onnis A Critique of Wang Guangyi’s “Great Criticism: Coca Cola”, Xian Zhou 4. Words and Images: Two Instruments to Describe the World Wang Guangyi and the Culture of the Cover: on Contemporary Pop Art and Political Theology, Babette Babich The Globalist Dimension of Art. Wang Guangyi and Transculturalism, Davide Dal Sasso 5. Erasing the Emotions Grief and the Power of the Mind, Carola Barbero Thinking with Idols. A Conversation with Wang Guangyi, Andrew Cohen 6. The Circle of Life: Presenting and Representing Food. Food Art, A Hymn to Nature, Mary Bittner Wiseman Food in Wang Guangyi’s Art, Nicola Perullo 7. In Dialogue with Wang Guangyi Nothingness, God, the Soul and the World. A Conversation with Wang Guangyi, Demetrio Paparoni Dark Learning, Mysticism and Art. A Conversation with Wang Guangyi, Yan Shanchun IndexReviewsWang Guangyi is the most significant painter to have emerged out of the 1980s encounter between Western and Chinese postmodernisms. This volume's essays and interviews --adeptly traversing conventional boundaries of art criticism, philosophy, history, and political theory-comprise the most significant treatment in English of Guangyi's ironic, intellectual, cool, subversive, and yet wildly popular art. And more generally, the book makes vivid how Chinese contemporary art, despite deploying seemingly similar aesthetic strategies to those found in the West, developed out of substantially sui generis concerns. -- Jonathan Gilmore, Associate Professor of Philosophy, City University of New York, USA By focusing on Wang Guangyi, a trendsetter in contemporary Chinese art since the mid-1980s, this original volume presents a variety of angles to rethink many key concepts and visual strategies in contemporary art across the East-West divide. In so doing it provides an unusually detailed and sensitive analysis of an important artist as well as a possible model for transregional and interdisciplinary studies on global contemporary art. -- Wu Hung, Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor, The University of Chicago, USA By focusing on Wang Guangyi, a trendsetter in contemporary Chinese art since the mid-1980s, this original volume presents a variety of angles to rethink many key concepts and visual strategies in contemporary art across the East-West divide. In so doing it provides an unusually detailed and sensitive analysis of an important artist as well as a possible model for transregional and interdisciplinary studies on global contemporary art. Wang Guangyi is the most significant painter to have emerged out of the 1980s encounter between Western and Chinese postmodernisms. This volume's essays and interviews --adeptly traversing conventional boundaries of art criticism, philosophy, history, and political theory-comprise the most significant treatment in English of Guangyi's ironic, intellectual, cool, subversive, and yet wildly popular art. And more generally, the book makes vivid how Chinese contemporary art, despite deploying seemingly similar aesthetic strategies to those found in the West, developed out of substantially sui generis concerns. Author InformationTiziana Andina is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Turin, Italy. Erica Onnis is a PhD student in theoretical philosophy at the University of Turin, Italy, where since 2015, she is a member of the Labont – Center for Ontology. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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