Critical Writing from a Local Perspective: First Yishu Awards for Critical Writing on Contemporary Chinese Art Conference

Volume 10, Number 3, May/June 2011
by Bao Dong, Gao Minglu, Sheng Wei, Chia Chi Jason Wang, Wang Chunchen


Article Description

A panel discussion on critical art writing that was part of the conference component of the First Yishu Awards for Critical Writing on Contemporary Chinese Art. This panel addresses art writing from a Chinese perspective and explores a number of crucial issues such as critical autonomy, the difficulty of translating Western terminology, and the lack of writing on contemporary art that is accessible to readers.


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Yishu Awards for Critical Writing, Bao Dong, Gao Minglu, Sheng Wei, Chia Chi Jason Wang, Wang Chunchen, art writing, critical autonomy, difficulty of translating