Zhang Dali: A Second History by Wu Hung (English) Paperback Book Walsh Gallery

This book on artist Zhang Dali was published by Walsh Gallery in Chicago around 2007. It contains an essay by renown curator Wu Hung. Soft cover. First edition. Sealed copy. Free shipping. Excellent book on Maoist Chinese photographic history. Page count in unknown as it is sealed, but the publication is 1 inch thick, so most likely around 200 pages. ----------------Zhang Dali (Chinese: 张大力, born 1963, in Harbin, China) is an artist based in Beijing.Zhang trained at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Design, where he graduated in 1987. After his studies, he moved to Yuanmingyuan as a freelance artist (1987–1989) and started to show his works in independent exhibitions. He spent the years 1990–1995 in Italy, where he came into contact with graffiti art. He was the only graffiti artist in Beijing throughout the 1990s. His works cross a multitude of techniques including painting, sculpture, photography, and installations. In the four decades of his career his works were shown in more than 300 exhibitions all over the world.Wu Hung (born 1945, Sichuan, China) is an American art critic of Chinese origin, a historian of Chinese art, the founder of its modern history; PhD (1987), Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, Fellow of the American Philosophical Society (2012) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2007). In 1991 he was awarded Joseph Levenson Book Prize.Walsh Gallery was a contemporary asian art gallery located in the west loop gallery district.