Fang Lijun:
Human Images in an Uncertain Age
Exhibition
Comprising 45 representative works from the 1980s and ’90s, this was the first major exhibition for the artist Fang Lijun, who was born in Hebei Province, China, in 1963. Fang’s recurring motif of figures with clean-shaven heads cemented a name for the artist, who had already gained international attention for a style described as “cynical realism” on the basis of its perceived nihilism. Although Fang’s works are heavily colored by political and social changes in China such as the Cultural Revolution, the exhibition aroused widespread interest in China’s contemporary art.
| Dates & Venue (Tokyo) |
November 2–December 1, 1996 |
|---|---|
| The Japan Foundation Forum | |
| Curators | Tatehata Akira (Professor, Tama Art University) |
| Artists | Fang Lijun |
| Organizers | The Japan Foundation Asia Center |
| Related Programs | Artist Talk November 2, 1996 / The Japan Foundation Asia Center, Lecture Room / Participants: Fang Lijun, Tatehata Akira Symposium “Fang Lijun and Contemporary Chinese Art” November 16, 1996 / The Japan Foundation Conference Hall / Panelists: Karima Fumitoshi, Li Xianting, Motoe Kunio, Tatehata Akira |
Catalogue
Fang Lijun: Human Images in an Uncertain Age
Edited by Furuichi Yasuko; Nakamoto Kazumi
- Publisher:
Tokyo: The Japan Foundation Asia Center
- Year:
1996
- Total Number of Pages:
94
- Size:
29 cm
- Language:
Japanese (jpn); English (eng)
- NCID:
BA64918394
[Contents]
| p. 4 | あいさつ |
| p. 5 | Foreword |
| p. 9 | 空間のエロス |
| p. 13 | 方力鈞とシニカル・リアリズム |
| p. 18 | 方力鈞とその芸術 |
| p. 21 | Catalogue / カタログ |
| p. 70 | 思い出すこと |
| p. 74 | 略年譜 |
| p. 77 | 展覧会歴 |
| p. 79 | Elegant Space |
| p. 83 | Fang Lijun and Cynical Realism |
| p. 87 | Fang Lijun and His Art |
| p. 89 | Remembrances |
| p. 92 | Selected Biography |
| p. 93 | Exhibitions |
【PDF】
Fang Lijun: Human Images in an Uncertain Age
What We Do
- What We Do Top
- Arts and Cultural Exchange [Culture]
- Japanese-Language Education Overseas [Language]
- Japanese-Language Education Overseas [Language] Top
- Learn Japanese-language
- Teach Japanese-language
- Take Japanese-Language Test
- Know about Japanese-language education abroad
- The Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa
- The Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai
- Japanese-Language Programs for Foreign Specified Skilled Worker Candidates
- Japanese Language Education for Japanese Children Resident Overseas and for the Descendants of Migrants
- Archives
- Japanese Studies and Global Partnerships [Dialogue]
- JF digital collection
- Other Programs / Programs to Commemorate Exchange Year
- Awards and Prizes
- Publications