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Staging art and Chineseness : the politics of trans/nationalism and global expositions
Title:
Staging art and Chineseness : the politics of trans/nationalism and global expositions

Rethinking art's histories

Rethinking art's histories.
Author:
Davidson, Jane Chin, author.
ISBN:
9781526139788
Physical Description:
xiii, 210 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Series:
Rethinking art's histories

Rethinking art's histories.
Abstract:
This book addresses the politics of borders in the era of global art by exploring the identification of Chinese artists by location and exhibition. Focusing on performative, body-oriented video works by the post-1989 generation, it tests the premise of genealogical inscription and the ways in which cultural objects are attributed to the artist's residency, homeland or citizenship rather than cultural tradition, style or practice. Acknowledging historical definitions of Chineseness, including the orientalist assumptions of the past and the cultural-mixing of the present, the book's case studies address the paradoxes and contradictions of representation. An analysis of the historical matrix of global expositions reveals the structural connections among art, culture, capital and nation.
Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-203) and index.
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