...Maranatha Ivanova Copyright © 1999 by Duke University Press 1999 Commentary Ambiguity, Absurdity, and Self-Creation in the Art of Ma Liuming Mara natha Ivanova A match rends the curtain of pitch black. A pair of slightly parted, rouged...

...- tional political wing. To list these critical short essays briefly: Ivanova par- ticipates in the genesis of an avant-garde performance in which the artist Fen-Ma Liuming refuses to choose one gender over another and invites viewers...

..., Zhu Ming, Zhu Fadong, Zhang Dali, Yang Zhichao, Wang Jin, Ma Liuming, He Yunchang, and Chen Guang; the multimedia artists Wang Jianwei, Qiu Zhijie, and Song Dong; the painter Chen Wenbo; the documentary filmmaker Wu Wenguang...

... in art by Ma Liuming 马六明 (b. 1969) among others. 3 E.g., Guangbo ticao 广播体操 ( Public Broadcast Exercises , 2004). 4 E.g., Xianfa yuedu 宪法阅读 ( Reading the Constitution , 2002). 5 E.g., Weixing changzheng 微型长征 ( Miniature Long March , 2002–2005); see also the section “Yang...

... 619 98. Michael Keane, Created in China: The Great New Leap Forward (New York: Routledge, 2007), 85. 99. Liuming Qi, “Zhuazhu jiyu shixian Zhongguo chuangzao” (“Grasp the Opportunity to Achieve Created...