Socially Engaged Art in Contemporary China: Voices from Below

ISBN-13: 9781032093444 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 260 str.

Meiqin Wang

Opis

This book provides an in-depth and thematic analysis of socially engaged art in Mainland China, exploring its critical responses to and creative interventions in China’s top-down, pro-urban, and profit-oriented socioeconomic transformations.

Spis treści

Introduction: Voices from Below: the Potential of Art Activism  Part I: Social Criticism through Art  1. Art Criticism, Exhibition, and Citizen Politics: Wang Nanming and the Theory of Critical Art  2. Waste, Pollution, and Grassroots Environment Activism: Wang Jiuliang and the Art of Documenting  Part II: Place Construction with Art  3. Art, Urban Renewal / Cultural Heritage Conservation, and Grassroots Community Building: Zheng Dazhen and the Maker of Lifestyle  4. Art and Place-Making for the People: Zuo Jing and the Trilogy of Rural Reconstruction  Part III: Personal Development in Art  5. From Representation to Collaboration: Wen Fang and Her Poverty Alleviation Art  6. The Nurture Effect: Hu Jianqiang, Wang Jun and Art for Children  Conclusion: Art and the Right to Bottom-up Social Changes

O autorze

Meiqin Wang is Professor in the Department of Art at California State University, Northridge, USA.