“Chinese Contemporary Art 1978-2008” was recently published and issued by Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House. In order to vividly and clearly present Chinese contemporary art, to make Chinese contemporary art history reach people’s horizons, the author has changed the traditional way to write art history to boldly use a new written method with the “integration of texts and images”. Providing the reader with a lot of illustrations in accordance with the development of each period while at the same time briefly describing all the illustrations. The combination of text and illustration makes it easy to read, like a breath of fresh air.

In addition, in order to highlight that it is a book of considerable scholarship and literature, the author not only connects and organizes the specific materials with the use of questions and answers, but also arranges a brief overview and “related linked” column in each chapter, to introduce particular cultural contexts and related materials, which allows the reader to comprehensively understand contemporary Chinese art. The book is divided into four chapters including twenty-four parts, a total of more than two hundred thousand words and four hundred illustrations, as well as some other columns, such as the “Author’s Biography”, “Chinese Contemporary Art Chronicle of Events” and the “China Chronicle", to some extent, also making the book function as a tool.

Born in Lichuan County, Jiangxi Province in 1954, Lu Hong is a critic and curator. He graduated from Hubei Institute of Fine Arts and specializes in Chinese painting and art theory. Currently he is the art director of Shenzhen Art Museum, judge of the Literature and Art Fund of the Shenzhen Municipal Department of Propaganda, Adjunct Professor, Master Instructor of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, vice president of Shenzhen Artists Association. He has been devoted to the research of Chinese contemporary art, as well as planning and promoting exhibitions.

Publisher: Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House; First Edition( March 2013)

Details: sextodecimo, Full color printing, Hardcover, 566 pages;

Price: RMB 398

Order by Telephone: 4000085356

Translated by Chen Peihua and edited by Sue/CAFA ART INFO