Intersections
Issues in Contemporary Art
Joan Kee(Editor)
Duke University Press
Published on 10. December 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-0-8223-6609-6 (ISBN)
Description
This special issue of positions adds to the increasingly substantial set of discussions on contemporary visual art in Asia. Approaching the topic from an interrogative perspective-one that explores deceptively simple definitions of terms such as "contemporary" and "Asia"-these essays examine specific works from Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, China and the Philippines and consider the particular context in which they were created. The result is an issue that encourages larger discussions of reflexivity, historicity, and politicization as it relates to artistic expression in Asian contexts.Contributors. Thomas J. Berghuis, Lee Weng Choy, Patrick Flores, Joan Kee, Alice Ming Wai Jim, Sheldon Lu, Gao Minglu, Reiko Tomii
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Language
English
Place of publication
North Carolina
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
31 illus. (incl. 25 in color)
ISBN-13
978-0-8223-6609-6 (9780822366096)
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Content
"Historicizing 'Contemporary Art': Some Discursive Practices in Gendai Bijutsu in Japan" / Reiko Tomii "Authenticity, Reflexivity & Spectacle: or, the Rise of New Asia is not the End of the World" / Lee Weng Choy "Eating People Is Wrong, Right?" / Thomas Berghuis "Trouble in 'New Utopia': The Illegible Bodies of Mori Mariko and Lee Bul" / Joan Kee "Urban Mediations in Hong Kong Contemporary Art: Notes on A Very Good City and Local Orientation" / Alice Ming Wai Jim Consuming Catholic Capital in the Works of Manuel Ocampo/ Patrick Flores Commentary: Beautiful Violence, War, Peace, Globalization / Sheldon Lu Commentary: The Great Wall in Contemporary Chinese Art / Gao Minglu