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(2015) Odyssey of culture, Dordrecht, Springer.
Wenda Gu was one of the major figures in China's avant-garde movement of the 1980s and played a unique role in this movement as well as in the Great Cultural Discussion. When art groups mushroomed nationwide, Gu became a bright star as an "individual artist" independent of any art group—an unusual phenomenon in 1985. The term "individual artist" refers, in this context, to those vanguard artists who would occasionally participate in group shows but tend to create and exhibit their work independently. While vanguard groups had their specific orientation, usually reflecting their manifestoes, and presenting relatively similar artistic styles in collective activities and exhibitions, the individual artists presented their artistic concepts and styles in a more personal manner.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-45411-4_3
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Zhou, Y. (2015). The discovery of the centrality of culture in art: Wenda Gu, in Odyssey of culture, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 53-119.
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