Examples of text-based art works from China’s Avant-garde artists

Linda LAI

November 2006

GAME OVER: RMB$10, FENG MENGBO, 1993後八九中國新藝術 (1993)New Art from China: Post-1989, London: Malborough Fine Art (London) Ltd.

GAME OVER: RMB$10, FENG MENGBO, 1993後八九中國新藝術 (1993)New Art from China: Post-1989, London: Malborough Fine Art (London) Ltd.

GAME OVER: RMB$ 10, FENG MENGBO, 1993後八九中國新藝術 (1993)New Art from China: Post-1989, London: Malborough Fine Art (London) Ltd.

NEW MAP OF BEIGING…, ZHENG WANG 1997Transience: Chinese experimental art at the end of the twentieth century

RED HUMOR, WU SHAN ZHUAN, 1986Transience: Chinese experimental art at the end of the twentieth century

LEAF FROM “BOOK FROM HEAVEN,” XU BING, 1992後八九中國新藝術 (1993)New Art from China: Post-1989, London: Malborough Fine Art (London) Ltd.

< 析世鑒 > ( 頂部 ) 徐冰 , 1988< 中國前衛藝術 > HK: 牛津大學出版社 (1993), Jochen Noth, Wolfger Pöhlmann, Kai Reschke (eds)

< 析世鑒 > ( 壁上部分 ) 徐冰 , 1988< 中國前衛藝術 > HK: 牛津大學出版社 (1993), Jochen Noth, Wolfger Pöhlmann, Kai Reschke (eds)

THE HISTORIAL CLASH, GU WENDA, 1997Transience: Chinese experimental art at the end of the twentieth century

PSUEDO SEALSCRIPT, GU WENDA, 1984Transience: Chinese experimental art at the end of the twentieth century

MISSING, MISSINGZHU FADONG, 1993Transience: Chinese experimental art at the end of the twentieth century

BIG BUSINESS CARDZHU FADONG, 1993Transience: Chinese experimental art at the end of the twentieth century

LOOKING FOR A MISSING PERSONZHU FADONG, 1993Transience: Chinese experimental art at the end of the twentieth century

THIS PERSON IS FOR SALE, ZHU FADONG, 1994Transience: Chinese experimental art at the end of the twentieth century

A BEIJING MAP SHOWING ZHU’S ROUTE, ZHUTransience: Chinese experimental art at the end of the twentieth century

< 今日停水 >, 1985-87< 中國前衛藝術 > HK: 牛津大學出版社 (1993), Jochen Noth, Wolfger Pöhlmann, Kai Reschke (eds)

< 我是學生 >, 1991< 中國前衛藝術 > HK: 牛津大學出版社 (1993), Jochen Noth, Wolfger Pöhlmann, Kai Reschke (eds)

< 卡塞爾打工 >, 1992< 中國前衛藝術 > HK: 牛津大學出版社 (1993), Jochen Noth, Wolfger Pöhlmann, Kai Reschke (eds)

[TOURIST INFORMATION]< 中國前衛藝術 > HK: 牛津大學出版社 (1993), Jochen Noth, Wolfger Pöhlmann, Kai Reschke (eds)

[TOURIST INFORMATION: APPLICATION FOR A LABOUR OF BERLIN]< 中國前衛藝術 > HK: 牛津大學出版社 (1993), Jochen Noth, Wolfger Pöhlmann, Kai Reschke (eds)

< 來自寒處的間諜 > 系列趙剛 , 1990< 中國前衛藝術 > HK: 牛津大學出版社 (1993), Jochen Noth, Wolfger Pöhlmann, Kai Reschke (eds)