'The last decade has seen Hong Kong blossom into one of Asia's true artistic hotspots, with its galleries, art projects and fairs now flourishing along with local and international audiences. At the centre of this cultural renaissance are the artists themselves — working as both products and interpreters of Hong Kong's complex historical legacy. Though often finding themselves at odds with society's values, they have developed a wholly unique genre of art that acts as a vital bridge between a place and its people.
The artist interviews in Contemporary Art in Hong Kong expose the countless links between history, culture and identity — as well as the author's conviction that art not only reflects society, but can also mould it.' (Back cover)
This survey of Hong Kong contemporary art includes a brief chronology and a bibliography.
Onsite
English
2013
128
9789881697707
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monograph
Genesis of an art scene
Mapping Hong Kong: (re)defining the territory
Exhuming history
The (false?) question of identity
Urbanism
Linking man and his environment
Art and liberalism
Liberalism taken to excess
Resistance
The ascendancy of reality
In praise of everyday life
Objectivisation of the world
The reproduction of reproductions
New languages
Communicate, give, receive
Another China
The other side of China?
Permanence of the Chinese thought
Guided analysis
Lam Tung-pang, 'Travel and Leisure'
Contemporary Art in Hong Kong
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