An Era Without Memories

Chinese Contemporary Photography on Urban Transformation

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An exceptional collection of photographs by contemporary Chinese artists responding to the urbanization of their country

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Jiang Jiehong

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This brave and beautiful compendium of reflections on urban transformation is a must-have for photography aficionados and anyone with an interest in China or contemporary culture.

Through the work of some of the country’s most talented art photographers, this book explores the unprecedented urbanization of China, offering up histories now being destroyed and futures now being invented.

Each chapter features incisive explanatory text by Jiang Jiehong. The photographers showcase their responses to urbanization using a wide variety of approaches, whether Miao Xiaochun’s photograph of a vast glass building rising like a UFO behind a traditional old neighbourhood; Wang Jinsong’s collages of the Chinese character scrawled on buildings to mark them out as condemned; Zhang Peili’s records of pastiche Western architecture; Xu Zhengqin’s street hoardings showing dream residential and commercial developments; or Wang Chuan’s poetic images of abandoned, half-finished modern buildings.

Additional information

Weight 1030 g
Dimensions 22.2 x 24.5 cm
Publisher name Thames and Hudson Ltd
Publication date 1 May 2015
Number of pages 192
Format Hardback
Dimensions 22.2 x 24.5 cm
Weight 1030 g

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Jiang Jiehong is Professor of Chinese Art at Birmingham City University, and an international curator. His recent projects include the Fourth Guangzhou Triennial of 2012 and the Asia Triennial Manchester in 2014.