Contemporary art and ecological transformation in East and Southeast Asia Meiqin Wang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wang, Meiqin.

Contributor:

Wang

Series:

Rethinking Art's Histories Series

Rethinking art's histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Southeast Asian.

Art, East Asian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2026.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Biography/History:

Meiqin Wang specialises in modern and contemporary Chinese art and teaches Asian art history courses in the Art Department at California State University, Northridge.

Summary:

This volume explores how contemporary art in East and Southeast Asia addresses ecological crises, through artistic interventions that inspire environmental consciousness, social justice, and sustainable futures.

Contents:

Introduction: Artistic remediation and ecological transformation: navigating the intersection of art and ecology in East and Southeast Asia / Meiqin Wang

1. The prescription from ecological art: non-human perspective and eastern philosophies as ways to remedy / Zheng Wan

2. Landscape painting without nature: Honda Takeshi's art from an ecocritical viewpoint / Hiroki Yamamoto

3. Micro-acts in public spaces: Yuko Mohri's Moré Moré (Leaky) series / Kristen Sharp

4. Towards a posthumanistic approach: Exploring Danka ethnicity-based artworks / Jian Xiao and Linlin Wei

5. Healing Garden Project: Eco-public artivism and the development of ecological aesthetics in contemporary China / Meiqin Wang

6. Art for regenerating tribal tradition and environmental sustainability: The Mipaliw Land Art Festival / Wei-Hsiu Tung

7. Benesse Art Site Naoshima and sustainable living: activating effective climate change adaptation with art project / Midori Yamamura

8. A socially engaged approach to preserving disappearing villages: The case of artistic activism in New Who Art Village / Danzhou Li

9. 'Infra-aesthetics' of sand mining in Southeast Asia: artistic visualities and their audiences / Stephanie Benzaquen-Gautier

10. From reaction to relation: The deliberative approach of Pangrok Sulap in environmental art activism / Krystie Ng

11. Fighting military imperialism with ecofeminism: The artistic practice of Gangjeong peace activism / Vicki Sung-yeon Kwon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-5261-8426-5

9781526184245

OCLC:

1572419587