Art Unlimited? Dynamics and Paradoxes of a Globalizing Art World Franz Schultheis, Erwin Single, Raphaela Köfeler, Thomas Mazzurana

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schultheis, Franz, Author.

Single, Erwin, Author.

Köfeler, Raphaela, Author.

Mazzurana, Thomas, Author.

Series:

Kulturen der Gesellschaft

Kulturen der Gesellschaft 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology of Art; Art Market; Globalization; Ethnography; China; Art; Theory of Art; Sociology;.

Local Subjects:

Sociology of Art; Art Market; Globalization; Ethnography; China; Art; Theory of Art; Sociology;.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2016

Bielefeld transcript Verlag, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Franz Schultheis is professor of sociology at Zeppelin Universität Friedrichshafen, after having previously taught at the Universities of St. Gallen, Geneva, Neuchâtel and Paris V. Sorbonne. He made his PhD at Universität Konstanz and his habilitation with Pierre Bourdieu at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. His research focuses on sociology of art and creative work. He is a member of the Swiss Science Council, president of the »Pierre Bourdieu Foundation« and a member of the editorial board of »Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales«.

Erwin Single studied sociology, communication sciences and journalism and works as a freelance journalist in Berlin.

Raphaela Köfeler studied International Affairs at the University of St. Gallen.

Thomas Mazzurana studied Business informatics and Sociology. He is a research associate at the Institute of Sociology at the University of St. Gallen.

Summary:

Until recently still a blank spot on the world map of art, China today occupies one of the top positions in the rankings of the global art market and has moved into the center of the speculations and the covetousness of its protagonists. But what is really happening on the spot, beyond the ethnocentric distortions of the Western viewpoint? What social representations and uses of art can be identified? A research team from the University of St. Gallen has taken up such questions in an ethnographical field research project which enables the actors in this emergent and nonetheless already market-dominated art field to have their say.

»Dank der ausführlichen Interviews ermöglicht das Buch lesenswerte Einblicke in die Situation der Kunstszenen und -märkte von Hongkong und Shanghai im Jahr 2014. Gleichzeitig bietet das Buch den in den Sozialwissenschaften seltenen Fall einer Argumentation, bei der das von den Autoren präsentierte Evidenzmaterial die eigene These widerlegt. Michael Hutter, www.sehepunkte.de, 18/2 (2018) »Das Verdienst der St. Galler Studie ist es, [...] Eindrücke mithilfe von Leitfragen zum kulturellen und ökonomischen Globalisierungsprozess zu kontextualisieren und zu interpretieren.« Barbara Basting, WOZ, 22.12.2016

Contents:

Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Preface 9 Introduction: Art unlimited? 17 Prospective territorial occupations 33 Voices from an emerging art field 61 The Olympics of art in distant realms 219 Contemporary art and its Eastern public 227 A world turned upside down 237 Appendix 259

Notes:

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ISBN:

9783839432969

3839432960

OCLC:

1030823022

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839432969

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access