"First published in Italy in 2013 by Skira Editore S.p.A."--Title page verso. "The two sections of this book ("Politics in Art" and "Theology in Art") have previously been published separately in Chinese and English by the He Xiangning Art Museum and OCT Contemporary Art Terminal Edition, Shenzhen, China, 2008 and by Today Art Museum Edition, Beijing, China, 2012"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-190).
Contents:
Foreword / Marko Daniel -- Between historic reality and transcendence: Huang Zhuan on Wang Guangyi / Demetrio Paparoni -- Contemporary history in Chinese art and subjectivity -- Politics in art -- The misread Great criticism -- A dangerous premonition -- An analysis of the system -- Materialist theology -- Cold War aesthetics -- The problem of theology in western art history -- Cultural utopia -- Image correction: a revelation -- Mao Zedong: AO -- A variant pop -- The thing-in-itself -- The artist's "sacred books."
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