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A New Thoughtfulness in Contemporary China Critical Voices in Art and Aesthetics Jörg Huber, Zhao Chuan
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Image (Transcript (Firm)) ; v. 18.
- Image
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aesthetics.
- Art.
- Art Critics.
- Cultural Theory.
- China.
- Arts.
- Postcolonialism.
- Asian Art.
- Globalization.
- Fine Arts.
- Local Subjects:
- Aesthetics.
- Art.
- Art Critics.
- Cultural Theory.
- China.
- Arts.
- Postcolonialism.
- Asian Art.
- Globalization.
- Fine Arts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Huber/Chuan (eds.), A New Thoughtfulness Critical Voices in Art and Aesthetics
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2014
- Language Note:
- English
- Biography/History:
- Jörg Huber is Professor for Cultural Theory and Aesthetics at the Zurich University of the Arts and Head of the Institute for Critical Theory (ith). His research areas include aesthetics and the theory of the political in a transcultural context. He has been travelling to China for more than 20 years.
- Zhao Chuan is a writer, theatre worker and art critic. His publications include fiction, non-fiction and works on contemporary art history. He is the founder and director of Grass Stage, a leading Chinese theatre company.
- Summary:
- Globalization euphoria and enthusiasm for the West are on the decline in contemporary China. Critical voices make themselves heard in artistic and cultural circles, turning towards their personal everyday lives to take stock. Their questions revolve around concrete experiences in the radical upheaval of lifeworlds, the continued significance of traditions after many of them have been thoroughly uprooted, and the paradoxes produced by the predominance of neo-liberalism. The 17 positions assembled in this volume provide a vivid illustration of such a »new thoughtfulness« in a wide variety of aspects ranging from aesthetics and art to theatre and photography.
- Contents:
- 1 Content 5 Preface 7 Ink Painting in the Age of New Wave 17 The Sound of One Hand: Between Meaning and No-Meaning 29 The Essential Meaning of Chinese Calligraphy and Its Loss 45 Literati Painting: Reflections Across Discontinuities 59 Realism is a Kind of Ideology in China 71 The Emperors Have Rotted Long Ago, Only the Fragrance of Nanmu Wood Remains 79 People's 'Writing' 87 The Dismantling and Re-Construction of Bentu ('This Land' or 'Native Land'): Contemporary Chinese Art in the Post-colonial Context 103 Gu Dexin: A Double Take 121 Art in Its Regional Political Context: Exhibition and Criticism 131 Two Histories of Art: What Arts Represent China? 143 Pingyao and Lianzhou: Changes in the Situation of Contemporary Chinese Photography 153 Evolution of Conceptual Photography and Its Position in the History of New Art 163 How Much Space of Exchange is there on the Internet in Relation to Contemporary Art? 179 The Paradox of the Individual and the Collective: 189 Can That Be? Why Can't It Be? 199 Art That Has Encountered Changes 211 Authors 223
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9783839416655
- 3839416655
- OCLC:
- 900418342
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