Asia Art Archive's first extensive research and publication project, a bilingual
monograph on Chinese artist, Wu Shanzhuan was published in July 2007.
Born in Zhoushan, China in 1960, Wu Shanzhuan's work spans over 20 years and
includes paintings, installations, performances, photography and drawings. Calling
his work “Red Humour”, Wu Shanzhuan began in 1986 to create a visual world of
slogans and illustrated texts that parodied the Cultural Revolution.
From 2003 - 2005, Jaspar Lau Kin-wah, Project Editor and Susan Acret, Project Manager, worked closely with Wu Shanzhuan to select content for the publication from a prolific body of raw and unpublished material donated to AAA by the artist. Designed by Ou Ning, the publication includes commissioned texts by Jaspar Lau Kin-wah, Gao Minglu, Ursula Panhans-Buhler, Qiu Zhijie, Gao Shiming, an interview with the artists by Martina Koppel-Yang, a foreword by Norman Bryson and unpublished works and writings by the artist. Special advisors to the project include Jane DeBevoise, Claire Hsu and Johnson Chang.
The book was launched at Lane Crawford on the 23rd July 2007 in Hong Kong. The
book is available for sale from the AAA.
Please contact info@aaa.org.hk
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Shanzhuan: Red Humour International, book cover. |
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| Artist
Wu Shanzhuan. |
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| The
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| Claire
Hsu delivers opening speech. |
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left: Wu Shanzhuan, Inga Svala Thorsdottir, Angela
Seng, Angela Su and Jaspar Lau. |
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