Life and death : art and the body in contemporary China

Content: FrontCover
 Half-title
 Title
 Copyright
 Contents
 List of Illustrations
 Acknowledgements
 Preface
 Chapter 1: Life, Death and the Body in Art in the PRC
 The production and reception of contemporary Chinese art
 The artist's body as a revolutionary tool in contemporary Chinese art: Somatic perception and criticism
 Life, death and the body in art
 Tactile materiality of corpse in art
 Tactile materiality of skull in art
 Overview of the book
 Notes. Chapter 2: The Role of the Body in Representing Death in Art: Simulation of Death versus Dying in the Name of Art versus Photography Documenting Dying and DeathSimulation of death
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Wei Guangqing, Suicide Project, 1988
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Lanzhou Art Army, Funeral/Burial, 1993
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The SHS Group, Big Glass, Paradise in a Dream, 1993
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Huang Yan, Lying on the Rail, Suicide/Murder News, 1996
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Zhu Gang, Obituary, 1999
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Zhou Bin, A Traffic Accident Scene, 1999
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Xing Danwen, Urban Fiction, 2004-present
 Dying in the name of art
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Qi Li, Ice Burial, 1992
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Zhang Shengquan (Da Zhang), Dying on 1 January 2000. Photography documenting dying and death- Wang Youshen, Before and After Grandmother Passed Away, 1989-1995
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Song Yongping, My Parents, 1999-2001
 Conclusion
 Notes
 Chapter 3: Animal Body in Art
 Human body interacting with animal body
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Zhang Peili, Document of Hygiene No. 3, 1991
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Dai Guangyu, Incontinence, 2005
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Wang Jin, To Marry a Mule, 1995
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Wang Chuyu, Pigeon Dinner, 1999
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Zhang Shengquan, To Cross/To Carry a Goat, 1996
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Sun Yuan and Xiao Yu, Herdsman, 1998
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Xu Zhen, But I Don't Need Anything (I'm Not Asking for Anything), 1999
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Wu Gaozhong, Birthday on 28 May, 2000. Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, A Safe Island, 2003Animal bodies interacting among one another
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Xu Bing, A Case Study of Cultural Transference, 1994
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Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, Dogs Cannot Touch Each Other: Controversy Model, 2003
 Display of living and dead animal body
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Xiao Yu, Ruan, 1999
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Yang Maoyuan, Inflated Horse, 2001
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Xu Bing, Wild Zebra, 2002
 Conclusion
 Notes
 Chapter 4: Corporeal Materials in Art
 Human body interacting with body parts
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Zhu Yu, Basics of Total Knowledge No. 4, 1998-1999
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Zhu Yu, Skin Graft, 2000
 Human body interacting with corpses. Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, Body Link, 2000- Zhu Yu, Eating People, 2000
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Zhu Yu, Sacrifice: Feed a Dog with His Child, 2002
 Human ashes as material in art
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Dai Guangyu, Be Lost, 1999
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Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, One or All, 2004
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Xu Bing, Where Does the Dust Collect?, 2004
 Human blood as material in art
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Yang Zhichao, Macau, 2005
 Human hair as material in art
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Leung Mee Ping, Memorise the Future, 1998-2002
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Gu Wenda, United Nations --
China Monument: The Great Wall of People, 2004
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He Chengyao, The Possibility of Hair, 2006
 Human body as material in art. Yang Zhichao and Ai Weiwei, Hide, 2002.