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  Resume 2: SONG Dong

  Dong SONG 宋冬

  Song Dong

  This resume includes a bibliographical account of SONG in both Japanese and English. An image of his work "A Command by Genghis Khan" is also included. (Jerry Wu'23).

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  Review: Three Cultures

  Ping TAN 谭平

  Sasha Grishin

  This exhibition review is scripted in English. It was published in periodical "Art Monthly Australia" in 1995 (July issue). (Jerry Wu'23).

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  Review: On WANG GongXin's Sky of Brooklyn

  Gong-Xin WANG 王功新

  YI Ying

  This review of GONG's work is scripted in Chinese. The article was published in journal "世界美术" in February, 1995. (Jerry Wu'23).

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  Review: Halle im Papierkleid

  Gong-Xin WANG 王功新

  This review is scripted in German. It was published in August, 1995. (Jerry Wu'23).

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  Review(s): Ying und Yand AND Haus aus Stein, Haut aus Papier

  Gong-Xin WANG 王功新

  Karin Stellwaag and Ulrich Bauer

  This review compile consists of two separate reviews: "Yin und Yang" by the left half of page, and "Haus aus Stein, Haut aus Papier" at the right. Both articles were published in 1995, in August and September respectively. Hand-written notes are added by the articles' bottoms to give further citations. (Jerry Wu'23)

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  Exhibition Poster: New Asian Art Show - 1995

  Guang-Yi WANG 王广义

  Kirin Plaza Osaka

  The front page of the poster (first page of the file) lists the exhibition's logistics as well as participants. The back page (second page of file) features a brief introduction to the exhibition. The poster is scripted in Japanese. (Jerry Wu'23).

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  Resume: WANG JianWei

  Jian-Wei WANG 汪建伟

  Wang JianWei

  This resume of WANG is scripted in English and Chinese. Hand-written additions/amendments are added. Note that this resume is assumed to be composed in 1995 give the due date of this file's submission and the last activity in the resume listed. (Jerry Wu'23).

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  Resume 2: Wang JianWei

  Jian-Wei WANG 汪建伟

  Wang Jianwei

  This brief resume of the artist is scripted in Japanese and English. Several selected works of the artist are displayed as images. (Jerry Wu'23).

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  Resume 3: WANG JianWei

  Jian-Wei WANG 汪建伟

  Wang Jianwei

  This resume is scripted in English. Note that this resume is assumed to be composed in 1995 give the due date of this file's submission and the last activity listed in the resume. (Jerry Wu'23).

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  Resume: WANG Jin 王晋

  Jin WANG 王晋

  Wang Jin

  This resume is scripted in Chinese. A copy of Wang's business card is attached to this entry. Note that the resume is assumed to be composed in 1995 given the due date for this file's submission and the last activity listed in the resume. (Jerry Wu'23).

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  Exhibition Document: WANG Qiang

  Qiang WANG 王强

  Qiang WANG

  As one of the participants, the artist joined the Proposal Art that was titled "45 Degree as a Reason" in 1995 in China. Wang Qiang's proposal has been carried out and is printed in color on page 1. Written in Chinese and English, a brief description of the artist’s idea on “TWINS OF INSIGNIFICANT BLANKNESS”（两个相等的无意义的空白?) is printed on the left. On page 2, the artist illustrates his plan on the proposal (see additional file below). To the left, there is a graph showing a frame made by ropes that is floating in flowing water, and the right one shows a wooden frame floating on the water. (Yifan Shang 25')

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  Brief explanation of installation of Neighborhood 邻里装置艺术的简要说明

  Sui-Kang ZHAO 赵穗康

  Sui-Kang ZHAO 赵穗康

  This is a printed explanation of Neighborhood, an installation created in 1995. Neighborhood is a recreation of a previous work of the artist, A Night Cerebration of Cultural Wars. There is a link of the image and description of A Night Cerebration of Cultural Wars: https://digital.kenyon.edu/zhou/371/. (He Zhang 25')

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  Review: In a Room of His Own: The Art of Xu Lei

  Lei XU 徐累

  Jeffrey Hantover

  This review was written by Jeffrey Hantover, an art critic and a published poet from the U.S., in January, 1995. It discusses Xu Lei’s artistic style by examining the detailed art elements in his paintings, analyzing the historical and cultural context, and relating his work with western literature figures like "Mr. Cotigo". The reviewer tries to convey that the emptiness and stillness in Xu’s work is good for thinking, as well as showing a sense of sadness after traumatic events happened in contemporary China like the June. 4th Incident. Xu chooses to “turn his back on the world around him” and embraces the past. His work offers a world of quiet, solitude and stoicism, thus revealing his intention of “painting everyday lives with compassion” according to Hantover. (Yifan Shang ‘25)

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  Au bord de l'eau, 108 brigands (At the water's edge, 108 brigands)

  Pei-Ming YAN 严培明

  Pei-Ming Yan 严培明

  The book "Au bord de l’eau, 108 brigands” is written in French and contains images of 120 large-scale, black-and-white portraits painted by Yan Pei-Ming, a Chinese artist who has lived and worked in France since 1981. The book is published by the Pays de la Loire Regional Contemporary Art Fund (FRAC), operating from the Museum Leon Dierx in Saint-Denis, Réunion Island, a department of France in the Indian Ocean. Yan’s portraits reference the Chinese literary classic “Au bord de l’eau” (at the water’s edge), an epic novel told in 120 chapters depicting the crimes committed by 108 brigands. This oeuvre of paintings was executed during Ming (Yan is his family name) ’s stay at the French Academy in Rome (Villa Médicis) in 1993. The portraits of 108 brigands are depictions of people he has seen or met at Villa Médicis, including friends, acquaintances, and often himself. The artist has spoken of creating anti-portraits or “anonymous portraits” – portraits that are supposed to look like no one in particular at all (we usually say "unidentifiable"), representing the average person. “But most impressive and significant is that Ming (Yan is family name), in constructing his “pantheon”, revealed remarkable insight into the dialect between the “portrait” and the “anti-portrait”, shedding light on urgent and complex questions relating to the art and life, history and reality, cultural differences and exchanges”. “It is true that the characters in this series are individuals that Ming (Yan) himself knew and met. However, the “reality” of their portraits, once subjected to the definition of the “brigands”, becomes almost fictitious, if not legendary” (Hou Hanru, 18). The book includes a series of introductions. First, a preface by Ponthus Hulten, a Swedish art collector and museum director. Then, “Le Chinois” (The Chinese) by author Michel Enrici, which is followed by an introduction titled “L’anti-portait de Ming” (The Anti-Portrait by Ming) by Chinese art curator and critic, Hou Hanru. Finally the series concludes with “Le brigand collectif” (The brigand collection) by art historian Florens Deuchler. Additional Sources: Hanru, Hou. “L’anti-Portrait de Ming.” Au Bord de l’eau, 108 Brigands , Fonds Régional d’art Contemporain Des Pays de La Loire, Nantes, Musée Léon Dierx, Saint-Denis de La Réunion, 1995, pp. 15–19. https://www.estuaire.info/en/oeuvre/108-brigands-yan-pei-ming/ (Nicole Wang ‘26)

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  Resume: Yang Jun 杨君

  Jun YANG 杨君

  This is Yang Jun's resume from the 1995 New Asian Art Show. His brief educational background and exhibition experience up until 1995 are on the left side of this paper, while one of his collage of photos is on the right. (Zhuocheng Jiang '26)

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  Review: YANG JIECHANG, ART OF THE REAL

  Jie-Chang YANG 杨诘苍

  Hou Hanru

  This is an abstract from an exhibition catalogue. The author, Hou Hanru, a celebrated Chinese critic and curator who lives and works in Europe and the US, discusses how Jie-Chang Yang used his calligraphy and ink paintings to deconstruct the exoticized image of Chinese art. Some manufacturing details of Yang's work are introduced later in the essay. Jie-Chang Yang's idea of the relationship between man and nature as well as man and culture is embodied via these arts, according to the author. (Zhuocheng Jiang '26)

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  Review: Governmental Sensitivity toward Large Scale Action Art 入世大型行为艺术官方反应敏感

  Jin WANG 王晋

  Dai Ping

  This newspaper is scripted in Chinese. It was published in Hong Kong Newspaper "明报” in 1995. (Jerry Wu'23).

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  Project Proposal - SoapHand

  Qiang LI 李强

  LI Qiang

  This proposal is scripted in both Chinese and English. (Jerry Wu'23).

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  Project Plan - Gravity Alley 重力走廊

  Wei-Kang QIAN 钱喂康

  Qian Weikang

  This project plan features a note on work's 1) dimensions, 2) components, and 3) working mechanics (in Chinese), and two illustrative sketches with side-notes (in Chinese). (Jerry Wu'23).

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  Artist Note: Stir Fry RMB (Chinese Currency) 爆炒人民币

  Jin WANG 王晋

  Wang Jin

  This description of the work is scripted in Chinese. (Jerry Wu'23).

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  Lin Tianmiao

  Tian-miao LIN 林天苗

  Smith, Karen

  This editorial presents two of Lin TIanmiao works, "The Proliferation of Thread Winding" and "The Temptation of St. Theresa." Both works were presented at the exhibition, New Works, in Beijing, 1995. In the article, Karen Smith explores the male-female contrast present in both works. In doing so, she invokes the question of whether or not the nature of male and female in Lin's work is intended to explore innate or socially constructed characteristics of these genders. (Russ, Hannah '18)

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  Review: LIN TianMiao's "New Works" Exhibition

  Tian-miao LIN 林天苗

  Karen Smith

  This review is scripted in English. It was published in "Asia-Pacific Sculpture News" in Spring issue, 1995. (Jerry Wu'23).

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  Artwork Introduction: Two works of WANG Jin

  Jin WANG 王晋

  This file (page on the right) features introductions of WANG Jin's two works. The review was published in Hong Kong magazine "开放" in 1995. The document is scripted in Chinese. (Jerry Wu'23).

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  Exhibition Introduction: Not Here Not There

  Yong SHI 施勇 and Wei-Kang QIAN 钱喂康

  Access Artist-Run Centre

  This exhibition flyer is scripted in English. (Jerry Wu'23).

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  Catalogue: REN RONG

  Rong REN 任戎

  Museum fûr Kunst and Gewerbe, Hamburg

  This individual exhibition catalogue features 1) selected works with labels, 2) an introductory essay of the artist by Theodor Zang, and 3) a biographical note on Ren. The catalogue is scripted in German. (Jerry Wu'23).