Publication Date: 2013

Publisher: World Book Publishing, Post Wave Publishing Consulting

Binding: Paperback, 289 pages

Language: Chinese and English

ISBN: 9787510056215

Accompanying the exhibition of the same title curated by prolific Chinese painter Wang Xingwei held at UCCA in Beijing in 2012, Specificity examines the lives and practices of seven Chinese artists hailing from four cities. Art critic Guo Juan explores the neighborhoods, social circles, and everyday routines of Zhang Wuyun, Wang Xingjie, Zhan Yingxiang, Xia Guanglong, Zhang Shujian, Wen Ling, and Liu Weijian in a search for the crucial “specificity” that defines their work.