Writing “Chineseness”: Pseudo-Chinese Characters in the Post-Maoist Avant-Garde Art

Zhang, Jun ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4091-0522 (2025) Writing “Chineseness”: Pseudo-Chinese Characters in the Post-Maoist Avant-Garde Art. PhD thesis, University of York.

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Supervisors: White, Michael
Keywords: Chinese Art History, Avant-Garde, Textual Art, Cultural Revolution, Language Reforms, Xu Bing, Gu Wenda, Wu Shanzhuan, Post-Mao, 1980s, Chinese Characters, Pseudo-script, Grassroots, Chineseness, Cultural Identity, Big-character Posters, 85 New Wave, Conceptual Art, Text and Image
Awarding institution: University of York
Academic Units: The University of York > History of Art (York)
Date Deposited: 13 Apr 2026 09:04
Last Modified: 13 Apr 2026 09:04
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