China in Australasia: Cultural Diplomacy and Chinese Arts Since the Cold War

ISBN-13: 9781032092980 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 210 str.

James Beattie; Richard Bullen; Maria Galikowski

Opis

Drawing on expertise in art history, exhibition studies and cultural studies as well as politics and international relations, China in Australasia presents significant new perspectives on the role of art in the cultural diplomacy of the People’s Republic of China.

Spis treści

1. China and the Art of Cultural Diplomacy, Richard Bullen, James Beattie and Maria Galikowski2. Better Late than Never: New Zealand and China, 1949–2016, Chris Elder3. From Friendship to Fear? Australia–China relations, 1950s–2000s, Nicholas Thomas4. Embracing Friendship through Gift and Exchange: Rewi Alley and the Art of Museum Diplomacy in Cold War China and New Zealand, James Beattie and Richard Bullen5. Melbourne Mandarins: ‘Modern Chinese Painters’, 1974, Claire Roberts6. ‘Imparting Experience’: The Huxian Peasant Painting Tour in New Zealand and Australia, Maria Galikowski7. Artistic Activism, Cultural Diplomacy and Aotearoa New Zealand, Henry Johnson8. Displaced Gardens as Sites of ‘Chineseness’: Design and Function, Duncan M. Campbell9. White Rabbit, Contemporary Chinese Arts, and Soft Power in Chippendale, David Bell10. Soft Power and the Role of Art in the Development of Taiwan–Mainland China Relations, Sophie McIntyre

O autorze

James Beattie is Associate Professor at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. As well as his work on Chinese art collecting, James is an environmental historian, researching ecological exchange, gardens, conservation, health, landscape art and history of science.

Richard Bullen is Associate Professor of Art History and Theory at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, where he teaches Japanese art history and art theory.

Maria Galikowski is Senior Lecturer in Chinese at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Her research focuses on the cultural and social transformation of Reform-era China as reflected in the visual arts.