Visual Arts, Representations and Interventions in Contemporary China
Urbanized Interface
Published on 24. August 2018
324 pages
978-90-485-3213-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers a multifaceted investigation of the dynamic interrelations between visual arts and representation interdependent to urban spaces in China.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
65 farbige Abbildungen
65 halftones; 65 Illustrations, color; 65 Illustrations, black and white
File size
3,88 MB
ISBN-13
978-90-485-3213-1 (9789048532131)
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Minna Valjakka | Meiqin Wang
Visual Arts, Representations and Interventions in Contemporary China
Urbanized Interface
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08/2018
Amsterdam University Press
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Persons
Valjakka Minna :
Dr. Minna Valjakka holds a Title of Adjunct Professor of Art History and Asian Studies at the University of Helsinki.Wang Meiqin :
Dr. Meiqin Wang is Professor of Art History at California State University, Northridge.
Dr. Minna Valjakka holds a Title of Adjunct Professor of Art History and Asian Studies at the University of Helsinki.Wang Meiqin :
Dr. Meiqin Wang is Professor of Art History at California State University, Northridge.
Content
Contents LIST OF FIGURES ENGAGEMENT WITH THE URBAN: VISUAL ARTS AS A FORM OF CULTURAL ACTIVISM IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA PART I: REPRESENTATIONS CHAPTER 1 FROM SIDEWALK REALISM TO SPECTRAL ROMANCE: YANG LINA'S BEIJING AND BEYOND CHAPTER 2 URBAN HISTORY FROM BELOW: THE ARTWORKS OF ZHANG DALI, JIN FENG AND DAI GUANGYU CHAPTER 3 THE TRANSIENT CITY: URBAN TRANSFORMATION IN CHINESE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY CHAPTER 4 SHADOW OF THE SPECTACULAR: PHOTOGRAPHING SOCIAL CONTROL AND INEQUALITY IN URBAN CHINA CHAPTER 5 CHINA DREAMING - REPRESENTING THE PERFECT PRESENT, ANTICIPATING THE ROSY FUTURE PART II: URBAN INTERVENTIONS CHAPTER 6 URBAN INSERTION AS ARTISTIC STRATEGY: THE BIG TAIL ELEPHANT WORKING GROUP IN 1990S GUANGZHOU CHAPTER 7 CAO FEI'S 'MAGICAL METROPOLISES' CHAPTER 8 RELOCATING FURTHER OR STANDING GROUND? UNOFFICIAL ARTISTS AND INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS IN THE BEIJING PERIPHERY CHAPTER 9 OUT OF SERVICE: MIGRANT WORKERS AND PUBLIC SPACE IN BEIJING CHAPTER 10 TRANSLOCAL SITE-RESPONSIVENESS OF URBAN CREATIVITY IN MAINLAND CHINA
