Above Sea - Contemporary Art, Urban Culture, and the Fashioning of Global Shanghai

Informationen zum Autor Jenny Lin is Associate Professor of Critical Studies at the University of Southern California Klappentext A counter-touristic guide to one of the world's fastest developing megacities, this book intervenes in global contemporary art discourse by exploring the cross-cultural histories and creative conflicts buried beneath Shanghai's glamorous cosmopolitan façades. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Locating global contemporary art in global China1 From the ruins of heaven on earth2 Shanghai's art in fashion3 Biennialization-as-banalization, promotion and resistance 4 Installing a world cityFrom Shanghai to New York by way of conclusionEpilogue: forgotten cornersIndex

Product details

• Authors: Jenny Lin
• Assisted by: Amelia Jones (Editor), Marsha Meskimmon (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781526151575
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-5157-5
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Rethinking Art's Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries