''Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art'' is the first English-language journal specializing in Chinese art and culture. Each bi-monthly issue features scholarly essays on topical issues, interviews with artists and curators, conference proceedings, and critical commentary on exhibitions and books.

Background

Yishu offers a platform for a wide range of voices who are living and telling the story of contemporary Chinese art from a diversity of perspectives, and who provide dialogue and debate around current visual and literary forms produced within what constitutes an expanded understanding of contemporary Chinese art. Since its inauguration in May 2002, Yishu has raised its profile internationally to become one of the most respected journals devoted to contemporary Chinese art. Appealing to professionals in the art and academic fields, as well as art enthusiasts in general, Yishu is now the journal of record for the high quality coverage of issues and events pertinent to Chinese art today. Its high standard of critical writing by thinkers from around the world allows us to voice ideas that communicate across cultures. Yishu is edited in Vancouver, Canada, published bi-monthly in Taipei, Taiwan, and is distributed internationally. The publishing dates are January, March, May, July, September, and November. In 2007, the publication took part in the Documenta 12 magazines project, launched its first limited edition print by Xu Bing, and has since offered limited edition prints and photographs by some of today's most important Chinese artists, including

Wang Guangyi Wang may refer to: Names * Wang (surname) (王), a common Chinese surname * Wāng (汪), a less common Chinese surname * Titles in Chinese nobility * A title in Korean nobility * A title in Mongolian nobility Places * Wang River in Thailand ...

, Rong Rong, and Inri. Each edition is commissioned by and entirely produced for ''Yishu''. In August 2010, the journal launched its archive web site. All articles published since 2002 are now available online for research and purchase.

Editorial staff

*Katy Hsiu-chih Chien, President *

Ken Lum Kenneth Robert Lum, OC DFA (; born 1956) is a dual citizen Canadian and American academic, painter, photographer, sculptor, and writer. Working in a number of media including painting, sculpture and photography, his art ranges from conceptual i ...

, Founding Editor *Keith Wallace, Editor-in-Chief *

Zheng Shengtian Zheng may refer to: *Zheng (surname), Chinese surname (鄭, 郑, ''Zhèng'') *Zheng County, former name of Zhengzhou, capital of Henan, China *Guzheng (), a Chinese zither with bridges *Qin Shi Huang (259 BC – 210 BC), emperor of the Qin Dynasty, ...

(鄭勝天), Managing Editor *Julie Grundvig, Editor *Kate Steinmann, Editor *Chunyee Li, Editor *Lara Broyde, Subscription Manager

Notable contributors

Defne Ayas Defne Ayas (born 1976) is a curator, educator, and publisher in the field of contemporary art and its institutions. Ayas directed and advised many institutions and collaborative platforms across the world, including in China, South Korea, United S ...

Colin Chinnery Colin may refer to: * Colin (given name) * Colin (surname) * Colin (film), ''Colin'' (film), a 2008 Cannes film festival zombie movie * Colin (horse) (1905–1932), thoroughbred racehorse * Colin (humpback whale), a humpback whale calf abandoned nor ...

Biljana Ciric Biljana () is a settlement east of Dobrovo in the Municipality of Brda in the Slovenian Littoral, Littoral region of Slovenia, very close to the border with Italy. Name Biljana was first mentioned in written sources in 1205 as ''Beliana'' (and as ...

* Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker * Monica Dematté * Britta Erickson *

Fan Di'an Fan Di'an (; born September 1955) is a Chinese painter currently serving as president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and China Artists Association. Biography Fan was born in Fujian in September 1955. He secondary studied at Pucheng County ...

Gao Minglu Gao Minglu (born 29 October 1949) is a scholar in Chinese contemporary art. He is the Chair of the Department of Art History, Professor for Distinguished Service, and Chair of Art and is an instructor at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also ...

Paul Gladston Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

Hou Hanru Hou Hanru (; born 1963 in Guangzhou, China) is an international art curator and critic based in San Francisco, Paris and Rome. He is Artistic Director of the MAXXI in Rome, Italy. Biography Hou graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in ...

Hu Fang Hu Fang (; 1970) is a fiction writer, art critic and curator. He lives and works in Guangzhou and Beijing. He is the co-founder and artistic director of Vitamin Creative Space in Guangzhou and the Pavilion in Beijing. He has been involved in var ...

* Maya Kóvskaya *

Carol Yinghua Lu Carol Yinghua Lu is a curator, art critic and writer who lives and works in Beijing. Early life Lu was born in Chaozhou, Guangdong, China, in 1977. Lu graduated from the critical studies programme of Malmö Art Academy Malmö Art Academy is an ...

Victoria Lu Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychel ...

Alexandra Munroe Alexandra Munroe, Ph.D., is a curator, Asia scholar, and author focusing on art, culture, and institutional global strategy. She has produced over 40 exhibitions and published pioneering scholarship on modern and contemporary Asian art. She orga ...

* Hans Ulrich Obrist *

Ou Ning Ou Ning (; born 1969) is a Chinese artist, film maker, curator, writer, publisher and activist. He is the director of two films San Yuan Li (2003) and Meishi Street (2005), chief curator of Shenzhen and Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism \ ...

* Uli Sigg * Keith Wallace *

Notable featured artists

* Huang Yong Ping * Ai Weiwei * Xu Bing *

Gao Brothers The Gao Brothers are two Chinese artists named Zhen (born 1956) and Qiang Gao (born 1962) from Jinan, in the province of Shandong (located in the north east of China). Their works tend to be charged with political and social nuances, including the ...

Yang Fudong Yang Fudong ( born 1971 in Beijing) is a Chinese contemporary artist. In the early 1990s, he began to work with film. He began creating films and videos using 35 mm film. Currently Yang directs films, creates photographs, and creates video in ...

Cai Guo-Qiang Cai Guo-Qiang (; born 8 December 1957) is a Chinese artist who currently lives and works in New York City and New Jersey. Biography Cai Guo-Qiang was born in 1957 in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China. His father, Cai Ruiqin, was a calligrapher ...

Cang Xin Cang Xin (born 1967) is an artist based in Beijing working in performance art and photography. Biography Cang Xin was born in Heilongjiang Province, China. Style Cang Xin approaches his work as a means to promote harmonious communication with ...

Feng Mengbo Feng Mengbo (冯梦波, Féng Mèngbō, born 1966) is a contemporary Chinese artist who works mainly in new media. Born in 1966 in province, in 1992, he graduated from Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing. He now lives and works in Beijing. He g ...

* Li Wei * Tsai Ming-liang *

Ching Ho Cheng Ching Ho Cheng (December 26, 1946 – May 25, 1989) was a contemporary artist who lived and painted in New York City during the 1970s and 1980s. His work consists of four distinct periods: Psychedelics, Gouache, Torn Works and the Alchemical Serie ...

Wang Tiande Wang Tiande (born 1960, Shanghai) is a contemporary Chinese artist who focuses on calligraphy. He graduated the Chinese Painting Department at the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts in 1988, later obtaining his doctoral degree in its calligraphy departm ...

Gu Wenda Gu Wenda () (born 1955, Shanghai) is a contemporary artist from China who lives and works in New York City. Much of his works are themed around traditional Chinese calligraphy and Chinese poetry, poetry. His works also often use human hair. Gu l ...

Guo Wei Guo Wei () (10 September 904 – 22 February 954According to Guo Wei's biography in "Old Histories of the Five Dynasties", he died between 9am and 11 am on the ''renchen'' day of the 1st month of the 1st year of the ''Xiande'' era of his reign ...

Miao Xiaochun Miao Xiaochun (, born 1964, in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China) is an artist and photographer based in Beijing. Life Miao Xiaochun was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. In 1986 he received his bachelor's degree and graduated from Nanjing University. In 1989 M ...

* RongRong * Shu Yang *

Wei Guangqing Wei Guangqing () (born 1963 in Huangshi City, Hubei Province) is a contemporary Chinese painter. He is known most of all for his ''Red Wall'' and ''Made in China'' Series. Wei Guangqing was one of the main members of the “85’s New Wave Art Move ...

Xing Danwen Xing Danwen (Chinese language, Chinese: 邢丹文; born 1967) is a contemporary Chinese artist and photographer. She is known for the images she made during and after her MFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York, exploring ideas of dislocation ...

Yam Lau Yam or YAM may refer to: Plants and foods *Yam (vegetable), common name for members of ''Dioscorea'' * Taro, known in Malaysia and Singapore as yam *Sweet potato, specifically its orange-fleshed cultivars, often referred to as yams in North Ameri ...

* Yan Xiaojing *

Yue Minjun Yue Minjun (; born 1962) is a contemporary Chinese artist based in Beijing, China. He is best known for oil paintings depicting himself in various settings, frozen in laughter. He has also reproduced this signature image in sculpture, watercolour ...

Zhan Wang Zhan Wang (; born 1962 in Beijing) is a Chinese sculptor. "Zhan Wang's career as an iconoclast began with In a Twinkling (1993), an installation of superrealist figurative sculptures. The figures' style was not new, but the method of installation ...

Zhang Dali 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 art ...

Zhang Huan Zhang Huan (; born 1965) is a Chinese artist based in Shanghai and New York City. He began his career as a painter and then transitioned to performance art before making a comeback to painting. He is primarily known for his performance work, but a ...

* Zhang Xiaogang * Zhu Yu

References

External links

''Yishu'' official website

''Yishu Online'' (Yishu's official website & electronic archive of articles)
Magazines published in Taiwan Chinese contemporary art Contemporary art magazines Magazines established in 2002 Bi-monthly magazines published in Canada Magazines published in Vancouver Visual arts magazines published in Canada 2002 establishments in British Columbia {{art-mag-stub