Staging art and Chineseness : the politics of trans/nationalism and global expositions / Jane Chin Davidson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davidson, Jane Chin, author.

Series:

Rethinking art's histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video art--China--Exhibitions.

Video art.

Art, Chinese--Exhibitions.

Art, Chinese.

Art--Exhibition techniques.

Art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Staging art & Chineseness

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Staging art and Chineseness is about the politics of borders ascribed to Chinese contemporary art and the identification of artists by locations and exhibitions. The paradoxical subject of Chineseness is central to this inquiry, which begins with the question, what does the term Chinese Art mean in the aftermath of the globalized shift in art? Through an exploration of embodied and performative representations (including eco-feminist performances) by artists from China and diasporic locations, the case studies in this book put to the test the very premise of the genealogical inscription for cultural objects attributed to the residency, homeland, or citizenship of the Chinese artist. Acknowledging the orientalist assumptions and appropriations that Chineseness also signifies, this study connects the artistic performance to the greater historical scope of 'geographical consciousness' envisioned by past and present global expositions. The emergence of China's shiyan meishu experimental art movement in the 1980s-1990s has largely been the defining focus for 'global art' during the period when artfairs, biennials, and triennials also came into prominence as the new globalized art institution (exemplified by China's first biennial in Guangzhou). The political aim is to recognize the multiple contradictions and repetitions of history engendered by art, nationalism, and capital in the legacy of Althusserian/Maoist interpellations - the reifications of global capitalist illusions in the twenty-first century are conveyed in this book by performative artistic expressions and the temporal space of the exposition.

Contents:

Front Matter

Dedication

Contents

List of plates and figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction: staging art and Chineseness

Chineseness as a theoretical, historical, and political problem in global art and exhibition

Patty Chang and the transnational cinematic subject of Chineseness

Environment, labor, and video: (eco)feminist interpellations of Chineseness in the work of Yuk King Tan, Cao Fei, and Wu Mali

The dialectical image of empire

The archive of Chineseness: the global exposition and the museum

Select bibliography

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Jul 2026).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781526139801

1526139804

9781526150516

1526150514

9781526139795

1526139790

OCLC:

1132216419