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Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art

Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art


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     When it is completed in 2009 the Three Gorges Dam, a hydroelectric dam which spans the Yangzi River in China, will generate enough electricity to power four cities the size of Los Angeles. Despite the fact that it will drastically reduce coal consumption and eliminate 100 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year, the project is entwined in controversy. Since construction began in 1994, nearly one thousand neighboring towns and villages have been submerged and over one million people have been displaced by the dam’s 375-mile reservoir.      With Displacement, the University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art extends a series of exhibition catalogs produced in conjunction with renowned Chinese art scholar and curator Wu Hung. This fascinating project reveals how four leading Chinese artists—Chen Qiulin, Liu Xiaodong, Yun-Fei Ji, and Zhuang Hui—have confronted the Three Gorges Dam, employing a variety of contemporary techniques to respond to the massive forced migration of people, the demolition of ancient architecture, and the devastation of the local landscape.       Alongside the catalog’s lavish illustrations are three essays, penned by Wu Hung, Stephanie Smith, and Jason McGrath, which range in topic from contemporary art and environmental sustainability to Chinese film and its treatment of the dam.  In addition, interviews conducted with each of the artists offer insight into their work and address the difficult task of relating artistic practice to the wider world. 

About the Author :
Wu Hung is the Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor, director of the Center for the Art of East Asia, and consulting curator at the Smart Museum of Art, all at the University of Chicago.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780935573466
  • Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago,David & Alfred Smart Museum,US
  • Height: 27 mm
  • No of Pages: 160
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Weight: 624 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0935573461
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 2008
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art
  • Width: 20 mm


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