Cities and Manufactured “Standards”: Yang Mian’s Work
Standards are subjective and man-made. But what do we mean by “standards”? A standard is simultaneously a fixed measure, something deemed proper and acceptable, or … Read more
“Black and White” and the Disappearance of the Modern Character
“Experimental ink and wash” has already a fairly long history. Professor at Beijing University, Tutor of Doctor’s Degree Candidates, Art Critic As a new cultural … Read more
Rules of the Game in Experimental Ink and Wash
Rules of the Game in Experimental Ink and Wash. I. Striving for the Independent Academic Status of Ink and WashThe Starting point of experimental ink … Read more
Opening and Extending: The Significance of Experimental Ink and Wash in Art History
The discussion about experimental ink and wash since the 1990s has centered on the problem of whether experimental ink and wash can get into the … Read more
Contemporary Chinese Ink and Wash Under Cross-Cultural Conditions
According to my own viewpoint, I use in this article “contemporary experimental ink and wash” to denote the concept of “modern ink and wash“, because … Read more
Islam in China
In the popular imagination, China has often been regarded as an ethnically, socially, and politically homogenous society, an idea that the government in Beijing has … Read more