Contemporary Asian art and exhibitions : connectivities and world-making / Michelle Antoinette and Caroline Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Antoinette, Michelle, author.

Turner, Caroline, author.

Contributor:

Australian National University, issuing body.

Series:

Asian studies series monograph ; 6.

Asian Studies Series Monograph ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Asian.

Art, Modern--21st century.

Art, Modern.

Intercultural communication in art.

Exhibitions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 268 pages) : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour); digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

ANU Press 2014

Canberra, Australia : Australian National University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This volume draws together essays by leading art experts observing the dramatic developments in Asian art and exhibitions in the last two decades. The authors explore new regional and global connections and new ways of understanding contemporary Asian art in the twenty-first century.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction Part 1 - Critical Themes, Geopolitical Change and Global Contexts in Contemporary Asian Art

Introduction Part 2 - Asia Present and Resonant: Themes of Connectivity and World-making in Contemporary Asian Art

1. Polytropic Philippine: Intimating the World in Pieces

2. The Worlding of the Asian Modern

3. An Experiment in Connectivity: From the 'West Heavens' to the 'Middle Kingdom'

4. The Irreverent Contemporary and Radical Tradition

5. Future Imaginaries

6. Response and Responsibility: On the Cosmo-politics of Generosity in Contemporary Asian Art

7. The Unexpected Guest: Food and Hospitality in Contemporary Asian Art

8. Under the Shadow: Problems in Museum Development in Asia

9. People and Partnership: An Australian Model for International Arts Exchanges - The Asialink Arts Program, 1990-2010

10. Australia's Other Asia in the Asian Century

Epilogue - 'My Future is Not a Dream': Shifting Worlds of Contemporary Asian Art and Exhibitions

Selected Reading on Contemporary Asian Art

Contributor Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 7, 2015).

ISBN:

9781925022001

1925022005

OCLC:

884508039

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.26530/OAPEN_515933