Wen Pulin is an art critic, writer, independent producer and documentary filmmaker. Since the 1980s, he has documented the development of Chinese contemporary art in the form of the moving image, photography, interviews and texts. Wen also lived in Tibet for many years and made many documentaries about Tibetan culture.
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26 May 2019
Highlights the rebellious young generation of artists in China fighting for political emancipation, artistic freedom and creating a cultural golden age during the 1980s - a significant decade of transformational change.
12 March 2016
In 1989, a group of avant-garde artists who had collaborated in private for years received permission to organize their own exhibition at the National Art Museum of China.
01 January 1992
Independent documentary by Jiang Yue.
01 October 1993
This documentary follows the whole process of a celestial burial ceremony in Tibet. It shows Tibetan religious customs, arts, and many vanishing life styles.
25 November 1999
A documentary about politically-charged Chinese performance art -- contains footage of the most significant performance art activities that took place in Mainland China during the 1980s and 1990s.
06 July 1995
A documentary on the XVII Karmapa of Tibet. The film also presents the spiritual life of Tibetan Buddhists in the 1990s through interviews.
11 January 1986
In April of 1986, Wen Pulin and his then-wife Zheng Ziru directed students at Beijing Second Foreign Language Institute in an English-language play adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens.
01 January 1999
The Wen brothers lived and traveled together with the living lama, Bajia, in Beijing and to his homeland in Ganzi Zangzu Zizhizhou in 1990s.
01 January 1998
Short film on Tibet #1, 'Tibetan Artist Visit,' from Wen Pulin's Archive of Chinese Avant-Garde Art.
18 October 1989
On Tomb Sweeping Day, in 1988, a film crew set out for the monument of the Tangshan earthquake to shoot a memorial ceremony for the victims.
13 July 1995
A biographical film of the the Karma-pa XVI and XVII of Tibet. The film also presents the spiritual life of Tibetan Buddhists in 1990s through interviews.
29 April 1992
The Wen brothers, Wen Pulin and Wen Puqing -- as director and cinematographer, respectively -- document the social conditions, customs, and spiritual life of Buddhist nuns in Minqiong mountain near Lhasa, China in the 1990s.
01 December 1999
The Wen brothers, as director and photographer of the film, documented their 10 years of journey in Tibet, from 1989 to 1999.
01 February 1992
A documentary film showing the oldest street in Lhasa, Bajiao St., also called Bakhor or Baghor), located in the town center.
25 November 1993
In 1993, on the 100th anniversary of Mao Zedong’s birth, Wen Pulin mobilized the “Sun 100” series of artistic activities, staging programs at official institutions featuring avant-garde artists in Mao’s hometown, Shaoshan.
18 July 1985
Early filmed theater performance by avant-garde artist Wen Pulin.
20 October 1998
Documentary about the lives of a group of Tibetan religious dance performers.
15 September 1998
Short documentary with English narration that was prepared for the Inside Out: New Chinese Art exhibition at Asia Society in New York City, which ran from September 15, 1998 to January 3, 1999.
01 January 1998
Third short film on Tibet, 'Murals and Stone Carvings of Lama Temple,' from Wen Pulin's Archive of Chinese Avant-Garde Art.
01 March 2001
Wen Pulin documents the social conditions, customs, and spiritual life of Tibetans in Lhasa.
01 October 1993
Qingpu is a famous sacred mountain in Tibet, where countless monks have practiced for thousands of years.
