Salon salon : fine art practices from 1972 to 1982 in profile - a Beijing perspective /
Sha long Sha long : 1972-1982 nian yi Beijing wei shi jiao de xian dai mei shu shi jian ce ying
written and edited by Liu Ding and Carol Yinghua Lu.
- Hong Kong : The Chinese University Press, (c)2019.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 642 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
"This book was written on the basis of the exhibition Salon Salon: A Profile of Modern Art Practices from a Beijing Perspective, 1972-1982"--Page xiv.
Includes bibliographical references.
Salon Salon unfolds a narrative about Beijing's art scene in the decade from the late Cultural Revolution to the beginning of the Reform and Opening-up period. It focuses on the continuous influence of the ideological structure of socialist realism in China on the practice and discourse of contemporary Chinese art. Key themes include the possibility for individuals to strive for room for creative practice under harsh political circumstances; how political signals and collective unconscious actions measured up against each other and marched forward hand in hand; and the collective oblivion of the young generation and their "natural inheritance" of past experiences in major social movements.