China/Avant-Garde Exhibition Invitation
Preparatory Committee of the China/Avant-Garde Exhibition
1989
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China/Avant-Garde Exhibition Invitation
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Preparatory Committee of the China/Avant-Garde Exhibition
Date Created:
1989
Description:
The invitation for the now historic February 1989 "no U-turn" exhibit at the National Art Museum of China (China Art Gallery, Beijing) presents a translingual puzzle. The Chinese text at the top reads Zhongguo xiandai yishu zhan (Chinese modern art exhibit). The English text at the bottom, China/Avant-Garde, anticipates a foreign audience. It also introduces a discrepancy that reveals the problem of translation when understood as a process of producing linguistic equivlaencies. What do we make of "modern" in Chinese versus "avant-garde" in English?
Book Reference:
Chapter 1, Page 43
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“China/Avant-Garde Exhibition-Invitation,” Art Asia Archive, Lü Peng Archive, accessed July 25, 2017, http://www.aaa.org.hk/en/collection/search/archive/lu-peng-archive-1989-china-avantgarde-exhibition/object/chinaavant-garde-exhibition-invitation.
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