FILMAKERS LIBRARY
Arts And Literature
Inner Visions
Avant Garde Art In China
Produced by Lydia Chen
- "A brief and engaging Video or DVD." - Journal of ASIA
- "Very useful for classes on modern Chinese politics, history or
society." - Prof. Ralph Crozier University of Victoria
This
documentary gives us a rare opportunity to meet young artists and intellectuals
in Beijing and hear how they steer a course between survival and artistic expression.
This new generation of artists does not paint scenes of nature like the classical
painters. Nor do they produce the oversized socialist realist canvases that
were popular during the Mao years. These young men and women, influenced by
Western modern art, have turned inward for inspiration, expressing their emotions
through art.
How do they fare in post Tiananmen Square China? They have not had an official
exhibit since the student rebellion. Nor is there a market for their work. But
most have jobs that enable them to support themselves. Since painting and sculpture
are considered less threatening to the regime than the printed word, their art
is tolerated.
Association for Asian Studies, 1995
Bronze Award, National Educational Film & Video Festival, 1994
28 min. Video or DVD. Sale $295. Video rental $55.
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