Art and Human Rights - Contemporary Asian Contexts

Informationen zum Autor Caroline Turner is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in the Research School of Humanities and the Arts, Australian National University Jen Webb is Director of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research in the Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra Klappentext Contemporary Asian art has had a remarkable impact on global art practice, in addition to serving as a record of the region's history from decolonisation to the present. Many Asian artists are deeply concerned about what it means to be human and to contribute to the development of a sustainable society, as well as having a sustained commitment to making art. This book, written at the start of the 'Asian century', focuses on the contexts and conditions which have helped to shape both art practice and postcolonial society in the region. One of the first surveys of contemporary Asian art, it uses case studies of key artists to discuss the work in relation to issues of human rights, social and environmental well-being and creativity. As such, it makes an important contribution to studies of contemporary Asian art and art history. Zusammenfassung Provides a deeply researched account of contemporary Asian art movements! focusing on the work of a select group of internationally renowned and politically engaged artists. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Frameworks and contexts2. The artist as cultural and political activist 3. War, violence and divided societies 4. Globalisation and identity: the challenge of a globalising world 5. Worldmaking in artConclusion Index

Product details

• Authors: Caroline Turner, Caroline Webb Turner, Turner Caroline, Jen Webb, Webb Jen
• Assisted by: Amelia Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9780719090646
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9064-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Rethinking Art's Histories; Rethinking Arts Histories Mup; Rethinking Art's Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Human Rights, Asia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, HISTORY / Asia / General, ART / History / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Social and cultural history, Asian History, Human rights, civil rights