Staging Art and Chineseness: The Politics of Trans/Nationalism and Global Expositions (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781526139788)

This book addresses the politics of borders in the era of global art by exploring the identification of Chinese artists by location and exhibition. Focusing on performative, body-oriented video works by the post-1989 generation, it tests the premise of genealogical inscription and the ways in which cultural objects are attributed to the artist's residency, homeland or citizenship rather than cultural tradition, style or practice. Acknowledging historical definitions of Chineseness, including the orientalist assumptions of the past and the cultural-mixing of the present, the book's case studies address the paradoxes and contradictions of representation. An analysis of the historical matrix of global expositions reveals the structural connections among art, culture, capital and nation.

Author: Jane Chin Davidson
ISBN-10: 1526139782
ISBN-13: 9781526139788
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/13/2019
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.00w x 0.80d