Never before have so many Chinese artists been given such a platform to talk about their lives and works in such a direct, unfettered format - a dialogue with one of the world's most dynamic curators and critics - one that allows the reader to meet the artist and perhaps even more important the man or woman behind the art that is taking the world by storm.

In this first ever compilation of interviews and images, curator and critic Jérôme Sans enters into a dialogue with China's leading contemporary artists: Ai Weiwei, Fang Lijun, Huang Yong Ping, Michael Lin, Lin Yilin, Liu Wei, Liu Xiaodong, Qiu Zhijie, Shen Yuan, Song Dong, Sui Jianguo, Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, Wang Jianwei, Wang Du, Wang Guangyi, Wang Xingwei, Wu Shanzhuan, Xu Bing, Xu Zhen, Yan Pei-ming, Yan Lei, Yang Fudong, Yang Jiechang, Yang Shaobin, Yin Xiuzhen, Yue Minjun, Zeng Fanzhi, Zhang Huan, Zhang Xiaogang, Zheng Guogu, Zhou Tiehai. Illustrated throughout.


曾几何时，从未有如此众多的中国艺术家像此次一样，在同一平台之上对话世界最活跃的策展人兼批评家之一的——杰罗姆.桑斯(Jérôme Sans)，直率而自由的畅谈自己的生活与艺术创作。本书将使读者深入接触各个艺术家甚至那些悄然隐于幕后但却对艺术有着极其重要影响的关键人物。

在本书采编的大量访谈与图片中，策展人兼批评家杰罗姆.桑斯与中国重要的当代艺术家展开了对话：艾未未、方力钧、黄永、林明弘、林一林、刘小东、邱志杰、沈远、宋东、隋建国、孙原&彭禹、汪建伟、王度、王广义、王兴伟、吴山专、徐冰、徐震、严培明、颜磊、杨福东、杨诘苍、杨绍斌、尹秀珍、岳敏君、曾梵志、张洹、张晓刚、郑国谷、周铁海。

FULL TITLE: China Talks
SUBTITLE: Interviews with 32 Contemporary Artists by Jérôme Sans
13 DIGIT ISBN WITH DASHES: 978-988-18033-0-6
IMPRINT: Timezone 8
US RETAIL PRICE: $29.95
PAGES: 208
WIDTH: 8.20
HEIGHT: 10.40
BOOK FORMAT: Horizontal
PRODUCT_FORM: Paperback with poly-ethylene dust cover
COLOR: 32
BLACK AND WHITE:
DUOTONE: 84
OFF PRESS/BOUND BOOK DATE: 04/31/09

COUNTRY BOOK IS SHIPPING FROM: China