A monograph documenting the artist's life and work; includes photographs which have never before been reproduced, a selection of his short texts and poems, which reflect his feelings on the open question of the relationship between art and life, and two newly commissioned essays by Guy Brett and Nick Sawyer.

This item is part of the 'Glimpses of before: 1970s UK Performance Art' Study Room Guide by Helena Goldwater (P2497)

The author reviews Alison Klayman’s documentary on Chinese artist Ai Weiwei “Never Sorry”.

Extract from “Soya Sauce and Ketchup Fight” street performance intervention in Trafalgar Square by Cai Yuan and Jian Jun Xi artistic duo known as “Mad for Real”.

Pop Goes the Avant-Garde is the first comprehensive review of the history and development of avant-garde drama and theatre in the People’s Republic of China since 1976. Drawing on a range of critical perspectives in the fields of comparative literature, theatre, performance and culture studies, it explores key artistic movements and phenomena that have emerged in China’s major cultural centres in the last several decades.

A collection of articles on Chinese performance artists. English and Chinese. Loose articles in large folder

Exhibition catalogue. Since the early 1980s, Chinese society has been reconstructed at a furious pace. The works presented here are concerned with the artists’ surrounding society and environment, as well as the question of how to establish a connection with the world ‘here and now’. Besides articles studying the various issues concerning the development of contemporary Chinese art, this publication also provides an introduction to each of the participating artists. In Chinese and English.

Collection of images, texts and various documents of the artist’s work between 2007 and 2009.

Collection of documents of performance work by Chinese artists.

Catalogue of mixed-media installation with video projection at the Turnpike Gallery, Manchester, 2002.