Yang Shaobin: X-Blind Spot

by Nikos Papastergiadis, Lu Jie, Long March Writing Group

This volume documents phase two of Chinese artist Yang Shaobin's look at the labor conditions of northern China coalminers, which he undertook from 2004-2008. It includes Yang's mixed media works--oil paintings, installation, video and sculpture--and accounts of his team's experiences in these isolated coalmining communities, and further materials providing sociological context.

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009