The Body At Stake: Experiments In Chinese Contemporary Art And Theatre (image)

This publication enquires into the role and treatment of the body in the visual culture of contemporary China. What meanings are assigned to the body in artistic practice, what does it represent and what (hi)stories does it refer to? Considerable importance is ascribed to the body as a means of orientation and placement; as an arena and medium of social experience. 19 Chinese artists, theatre practitioners and theorists describe their personal experiences, put their thoughts and views up for discussion and explore how art can shed light on the individual and collective experiences that emerge in the wake of historical change and the anticipation of a newly won freedom. The genealogy of the politics of the body in contemporary Chinese culture -- Zhang Nian Fragments of the body in Chinese contemporary art -- Zhang Hong The politics and poetics of the body -- Gao Shiming A talk with Xiang Jing -- Zhao Chuan Portrayal, definition and reconstruction of "the body" in contemporary Chinese photography -- Gu Zheng Caught in art's haze -- Lu Yinghua Physical odyssey -- Zhao Chuan The physical body on the grass stage -- Li Yinan Physical rebels -- Li Ning Female memory begins with the body -- Wen Hui Theatre : memory in progress -- Wu Wenguang The body as strategy for action in the Taiwanese cultural field : three stages of practice and progress, from martial law, abrogation, to the post martial law period -- Amy Cheng Edges of the modernist framework and beyond : the lifework of Hsieh Tehching, Hsieh Ying-Chun, Wu-Chong-Wei, Graffitist Huabng, Dino and Tsai-Show-Zoo -- Lin Chiwei Picture essay -- Jörg Huber, Zhao Chuan Twelve flower months -- Chen Lingyang A talk with Jin Feng -- Zhao Chuan Discussing the works of Xi Ya Die and Yan Xing -- Yang Guang, Zheng Bo My art and the world -- Lu Yang An interview -- Cao Fei A concept of beauty -- Yang Fudong.