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University at Buffalo Web Site, (February 1, 2005), 'Minglu Gao.Department of Computer Science and Engineering ONLINEĪsia Society Web site, (February 1, 2005). New York, September 28, 1998, Mark Stevens, 'The Great Mall,' pp. Chen, review of Inside Out: New Chinese Art, p. Chen added, in her review, that Inside Out 'enriches the viewer's understanding of Chinese contemporary art on both visual and conceptual levels.' BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES: PERIODICALS Chen noted that the catalogue's essays follow the two primary themes of 'modernity and identity.' She also called the publication 'the most important contribution to the documentation and introduction of contemporary Chinese art since … China Avantgarde' in 1993. Writing in New York, Mark Stevens pointed out that 'the principal subject for Chinese artists raised under Communism is the collapse of the metaphysical billboard-the failure of the great signs of history, whether classical, Maoist, or capitalist, to sustain the dreams they arouse.' Library Journal contributor Lucia S. The artwork showcased in Inside Out was created between 19, a time of great political, economic, and cultural change in mainland China. The book also includes biographical information on each featured artist chronologies of modern mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong and a selected bibliography. The catalog provides detailed information about the eighty pieces that comprised the exhibit and features several essays, including Gao's discussion of transitional avant-garde art in mainland China. Inside Out: New Chinese Art is based on a 1998 exhibit of contemporary Chinese art staged in New York and San Francisco that educated viewers about the social and political commentary being made by Chinese artists around the world. Based on an exhibit held at the Wexner Center at the Ohio State University, Fragmented Memory features work by Chinese avant-garde artists who fled China following the Tiananmen Square demonstrations of 1989. SIDELIGHTS: Through his work as an art curator, Minglu Gao has contributed to exhibition catalogs such as Fragmented Memory: The Chinese Avant-Garde in Exile and Inside Out: New Chinese Art. (Editor and contributor) Inside Out: New Chinese Art, University of California Press (Berkeley, CA), 1998.Īlso author of Chinese-language publications, including Chinese Avant-Garde Art and The History of Contemporary Chinese Art. Andrews and Zhou Yan) Fragmented Memory: The Chinese Avant-Garde in Exile, Ohio State University (Columbus, OH), 1993. Zhongguo dang dai mei shu shi, 1985–1986, Shanghai ren min chu ban she (Shanghai, China), 1991.

Curator of exhibitions, including China Avant-Garde, Beijing, China, 1989 'Fragmented Memory: The Chinese Avant-Garde in Exile,' Wexner Center, OH, 1993 'Inside Out: New Chinese Art,' Asia Society/P.S.I: Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY, 1998–99 Chinese section of 'Conceptual Art: Point of Origin 1950s–1980s,' Queens Museum, Queens, New York and 'Five Continents and One City,' Museum of Mexico. State University of New York, Buffalo, assistant professor in of art history.

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University of new york at buffalo jing gao