书名：Yang Fudong / 杨福东

作者：Marcella Beccaria 

出版：Skira，2006

装帧：平装，96页

语种：英文

尺寸：29.9 × 1.0 × 27.4 cm

The plot of Yang Fudong's first film describes the weakness of the human condition, man's inability to understand the meaning of reality and to relate to it, identifying with a profound existential melancholy, an inevitable negative consequence of life in China today. The artist's subsequent works in film, photography, and video, delve into these sorts of themes, placing at the center of his artistic investigation the complex relationship between the new generation of Chinese intellectuals and the profound changes of a political, economic, and social nature that are taking place in his country. This catalog offers an in-depth look at two recent video installations, The Revival of the Snake and Jiaer's Livestock, which are among the artist's most complex installations to date.

杨福东首部电影的情节描绘了人类生存状态的脆弱、人们无法理解现实意义且难以与现实建立联系的困境，并融入了一种深沉的存在主义忧郁——这是当今中国生活不可避免的负面后果。这位艺术家随后在电影、摄影和视频领域的作品深入探讨了这类主题，将中国新一代知识分子与本国正在发生的政治、经济和社会层面的深刻变革之间的复杂关系置于其艺术研究的核心。本 catalog 深入剖析了两件近期的视频装置作品——《蛇的复苏》和《佳儿的牲畜》，它们是这位艺术家迄今为止最为复杂的装置作品之一。