[Reader-list] Asia Art Archive, documentary screening

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*From Jean Paul Sartre to Teresa Teng: Cantonese Contemporary Art in the
1980s
http://www.china1980s.org/en/canton_document.aspx*

*Documentary Screening: *
22 January 2011, 05:05pm,
India Art Summit, Pragati Maidan
Video Lounge, Hall 18
The 1980s was a seminal period in the history of contemporary art in China.
However, the contribution and experimentalism of the art scene in South
China, in particular, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, have generally been
overlooked. Due to the proximity of Hong Kong, western ideas from translated
books and articles, as well as popular culture in the form of TV shows and
Canto pop, flooded over the border to Guangdong at the end of the Cultural
Revolution. This influx of new ideas and popular culture sparked great
excitement, debate and experimentation in the arts.

Based on primary research, rare film footage and personal interviews with
key artists, this documentary bears witness not only to the reading fever
that gripped the Chinese art world in the 1980s, but also highlights the
experimentalism and verve of artists and critics in South China whose
contributions to the development of contemporary art have been long lasting
and fundamental.
*Length: * 50 minutes
*Date: * 2010
*Produced by: * Asia Art Archive
*Directed by: * Jane DeBevoise, Claire Hsu, Phoebe Wong, Anthony Yung
*Interviewees: * Chen Shaoxiong, Chen Tong, Deng Jianjin, Feng Yuan, Hou
Hanru, Huang Xiaopeng, Li Zhengtian, Lin Yilin, Shao Hong, Wang Du, Wang
Huangsheng, Xu Tan, Yang Jiechang, Yang Xiaoyan
*Research Team: * Natalie Cheung, Megan Connolly, Jane DeBevoise, Silas
Fong, Carol Lu, Doris Wong, Phoebe Wong, Anthony Yung
*Filming and Post Production: * Siren Films


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