Stay Connected - Art and China Since 2008

Stay Connected: Art and China Since 2008 is a landmark compendium produced by Tai Kwun Contemporary and Asia Art Archive. Bringing together over 80 artists from China and beyond, the volume maps artistic responses to the profound social, economic, and technological shifts of the 21st century. Structured around nine keywords, it features newly commissioned essays by curators, writers, and scholars, alongside short texts on artworks and an extensive archival section. With three in-depth curatorial essays, this richly illustrated book offers a panoramic yet incisive account of contemporary art's entanglement with the realities of globalisation, making it an indispensable reference for understanding China's place in the world today.

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Stay Connected: Art and China Since 2008 is a landmark compendium produced by Tai Kwun Contemporary and Asia Art Archive. Bringing together over 80 artists from China and beyond, the volume maps artistic responses to the profound social, economic, and technological shifts of the 21st century. Structured around nine keywords, it features newly commissioned essays by curators, writers, and scholars, alongside short texts on artworks and an extensive archival section. With three in-depth curatorial essays, this richly illustrated book offers a panoramic yet incisive account of contemporary art’s entanglement with the realities of globalisation, making it an indispensable reference for understanding China’s place in the world today.

Product details

• Authors: Ying Kwok, Pi Li, Anthony et al Yung
• Assisted by: Tai Kwun Contemporary and Asia Art Archive (Editor), Ying Kwok (Editor), Ying Kwok et al (Editor), Pi Li (Editor), Daniel Szehin Ho (Editor), Huang Wenlong (Editor), Anthony Yung (Editor)
• Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 04.02.2026
• EAN: 9783775761499
• ISBN: 978-3-7757-6149-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Illustrations: 280 Abb.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; Globalisierung, Kunst, Kunstgeschichte, Verstehen, China, Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Literarische Essays, contemporary Art, art, Globalization, Entwicklungsökonomie und Schwellenländer, Entwicklungsstudien, Hong Kong, chinesische Kunst, Kunst: allgemeine Themen, Chinese art, Contemporary Chinese Artists