Book

Mahjong : contemporary Chinese art from the Sigg Collection / edited by Bernhard Fibicher.

Ostfildern-Ruit : Hatje Cantz ; New York : Art Publishers [distributor], ©2005.

359 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Sigg, Uli -- Art collections -- Catalogs.

Fang, Lijun, 1963-

Xu, Bing, 1955-

Xie, Nanxing, 1970-

Wang, Guangyi, 1957-

Zhang, Peili, 1957-

Wang, Jianwei, 1958-

Feng, Mengbo, 1966-

Lu, Hao, 1969-

Ai, Weiwei.

Zhan, Wang, 1962-

Zhang, Huan, 1965-

Lin, Tianmiao, 1961-

Art, Chinese -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.

Art, Chinese -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.

Fibicher, Bernhard.

Frehner, Matthias.

Kunstmuseum Bern.

Hamburger Kunsthalle.

Contemporary Chinese art from the Sigg collection

Ma jiang

Published to accompany the exhibition held at Kunstmuseum Bern, 13th June - 16 Oct. 2005, and Kunsthalle Hamburg, Autumn 2006.

Includes bibliographical references.

Text in English and German.

The multiple predicaments and upturns of Chinese contemporary art / Ai Weiwei -- Access to China / Uli Sigg in conversation with Matthias Frehner -- Contemporary Chinese art and a declining culture / Li Xianting -- Longing for paradise, negotiating with the real : looking at the Chinese art scene today / Hou Hanru -- Between Scylla and Charybdis : the new context of Chinese contemporary art since 2000 / Pi Li -- Contemporary Chinese art : a market report / Estelle Bories -- Cultural partnerships, maybe more : on the reception of contemporary Chinese art in the West / Bernhard Fibicher -- "Chineseness" -- is there such a thing? A letter form Uli Sigg to the artists taking part in Mahjong -- and their responses -- Icons of the 70s vs. icons of the 80s -- Mao and the Cultural Revolution -- Power play -- Myths and legends -- Individual vs. society -- Consumerism -- Contemporary life -- City vs. countryside -- Tradition revisited -- Chinese perspectives on western art -- Writing as painting -- Body as medium -- Chronology / Feng Boyi -- Short biographies / Therese Bhattacharya-Stettler.

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