aaa.org.hk, 7 July 2005
WU SHANZHUAN: RED HUMOUR INTERNATIONAL
In collaboration with Inga Svala Thordottir

July 23rd – July 7th at Lane Crawford IFC, Hong Kong

Asia Art Archive’s first extensive research and publication project, a bilingual monograph on Chinese artist, Wu Shanzhuan will be launched this month. Born in Zhoushan, China in 1960, Wu Shanzhuan’s work spans over 20 years and includes paintings, installations, performances, photography and drawings. Calling his work “Red Humour”, Wu Shanzhuan began in 1986 to create a visual world of slogans and illustrated texts that parodied the Cultural Revolution.

For the past two years, Jaspar Lau Kin-wah, Project Editor, Susan Acret, Project Manager, have worked closely with Wu Shanzhuan to select content for the publication from a prolific body of raw and unpublished material donated to AAA by the artist. Designed by Ou Ning, the publication includes commissioned texts by Jaspar Lau Kin-wah, Gao Minglu, Ursula Panhans-Buhler, Qiu Zhijie, Gao Shiming, an interview with the artists by Martina Koppel-Yang, a foreword by Norman Bryson and unpublished works and writings by the artist. Special advisors to the project include Jane DeBevoise, Claire Hsu and Johnson Chang.

We are very grateful to LANE CRAWFORD who will present a selection of works by Wu and Inga in their IFC concept store and the official launch of the book. This book is available exclusively at Lane Crawford from July 23 to 7 August with proceeds from the book sales going to the Asia Art Archive.

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