Contemporary Chinese Art: A Critical History

'Since the confirmation of Deng Xiaoping’s policy of Opening and Reform in 1978, the People’s Republic of China has undergone a liberalization of culture that has led to the production of numerous forms of avant-garde, experimental, and museum-based art. With a fast-growing international market and a thriving artistic community, contemporary Chinese art is riding a wave of prosperity, though issues of censorship still abound. Shedding light on the current art scene, Paul Gladston’s Contemporary Chinese Art puts China’s recent artistic output into the context of the wider cultural, economic, and political conditions that surround it.

Providing a critical mapping of ideas and practices that have shaped the development of Chinese art, Gladston shows how these combine to bind it to the structure of power and state both within and outside of China. Focusing principally on art produced by artists from mainland China—including painting, film, video, photography, and performance—he also discusses art created in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and diasporic communities.' - from the University of Chicago Press website

Includes glossary of Chinese names and bibliography.

Access level

Onsite

author

Paul GLADSTON

publisher

Reaktion Books (London, United Kingdom)

Location code

REF.GLP

Language

English

Keyword

art history, politics, censorship, China

Publication/Creation date

2014

No of pages

318

ISBN / ISSN

9781890232690

No of copies

Content type

monograph

Chapter headings

Introduction

1 Chinese Art in Context

Cultural Interaction and Exchange from Antiquity to the Mid-twentieth Century

Realist and Modernist Art in China, 1911–1948

Socialist-Realist and Revolutionary Art in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1977

2 Modern (Contemporary) Chinese Art, 1976–1989

The Early Development of Modern (Contemporary) Chinese Art

Avant-garde Art in the People's Republic of China

The Dissolution of the '85 Movement

3 Contemporary Chinese Art, 1990-2001

Contemporary Chinese Art after Tiananmen

The Internationalization of Contemporary Chinese Art

Experimental Art and Social Transformation in the People's Republic of China

4 Contemporary Chinese Art, 2002-2013

Contemporary Chinese Art on the Global Stage

Contemporary Chinese Art and Contemporaneity

The Political Recuperation of Contemporary Chinese Art

Contemporary Chinese Art: A Critical History

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