AAC Art China awards artist of the year

The 9th "AAC (Award of Art China) Art China• Annual Influence" Awards Ceremony was held in the Forbidden City's Jianfu Palace Garden on Thursday. [Photo/Artron.net]

The 9th "AAC (Award of Art China) Art China• Annual Influence" Awards Ceremony was held in the Forbidden City's Jianfu Palace Garden on Thursday.

Zhang Peili, a video artist considered by some to be the "Father of Chinese video art", won the "Artist of the Year". Lin Ke, a video artist who graduated from Communication University of China in 2008, won the “Young artist of the Year”. While A History of Exhibitions: Shanghai 1979-2006, Contemporary Chinese Art: A Critical History, Contemporary Chinese Art, Radical art history: Records of Shanghai in the 1980s, Research on Chinese Contemporary Art won the “Publications of the Year”.