Publisher: Zhejiang Photographic Press

Publication Date: 2022

Binding: Hardcover, 296 pages

Language: Chinese and English

ISBN: 9787551442626

Accompanying the exhibition “Somewhere Downtown,” UCCA published a bilingual catalogue that dives deep into the art and culture of 1980s New York. In addition to a preface by UCCA Director Philip Tinari, other contributions include exhibition curator Carlo McCormick’s musing on the Downtown scene, UCCA Curator-at-Large Peter Eleey’s curatorial survey of the exhibition, and artist Sur Rodney (Sur)’s reflections on the art ecology from the perspective of a participant. In addition to these contemporary texts and full reproductions of the show’s works, the catalogue will also feature a selection of poetry, art criticism, and other excerpted writings from the 1980s, capturing the broader cultural milieu of the period. The catalogue is designed by Zhang Qian and published by Zhejiang Photographic Press.