Professor
Wu Hung
University of Chicago
Museum curator; Historian (art)
Area
Humanities and Arts
Specialty
Visual Arts
Elected
2007
Leading scholar of Chinese art and archaeology of his generation. Forged new ground in the critical assessment of contemporary Chinese art and cultural policy. Recent book and exhibition project, Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China, has been hailed as groundbreaking by critics, as has Remaking Beijing: Tiananmen Square and the Creation of a Political Space. Quite simply there is no one to compare for his originality, depth of knowledge, and breadth of interests.
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