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The 798 Art Zone, the European Avant-Garde in China

Zheng, Yalan, M.S.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1378197416

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2013, MSARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Architecture.
This thesis analyzes the historical development of a factory complex, which was first a site where electronic components were manufactured, into what is now known as Art Zone 798. Art Zone 798 is located in the northeastern part of the Da Shanzi District, a small part of the Chaoyang District in the capital city of Beijing. This thesis will discuss the First Five Year Plan implemented by the Chinese government in the period between 1953-1957. This plan resulted in alliances between the Chinese government and the Soviet Union as well as with East Germany, enabling the Chinese to build factories and increase their industrial output. Art Zone 798 was one of the complexes constructed during the First Five Year Plan; it was constructed by Chinese workers in the Bauhaus style, with the help of the then socialist Soviet Union. Moreover, this study focuses on exploring the influence of the European avant-garde in China, as well as how an old abandoned industrial factory became a site for a dynamic artistic district known as Art Zone 798. In addition, this thesis shows how the artists who occupy the studios in Art Zone 798 use their work to reflect and comment on contemporary social issues in China. Key words: 798 Art Zone, Avant-garde, Bauhaus Style buildings, contemporary social issues
Nnamdi Elleh, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Edson Cabalfin, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Ming Tang, M.Arch. (Committee Member)
59 p.
Architecture
798 Art Zone; Avant-Garde; Bauhaus Style buildings; contemporary social issues

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  • Zheng, Y. (2013). The 798 Art Zone, the European Avant-Garde in China [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1378197416

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Zheng, Yalan. The 798 Art Zone, the European Avant-Garde in China. 2013. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1378197416.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Zheng, Yalan. "The 798 Art Zone, the European Avant-Garde in China." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1378197416

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