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

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.

Sommario

Introduction: Locating global contemporary art in global China
1 From the ruins of heaven on earth
2 Shanghai's art in fashion
3 Biennialization-as-banalization, promotion and resistance
4 Installing a world city
From Shanghai to New York by way of conclusion
Epilogue: forgotten corners
Index

Info autore

Jenny Lin is Associate Professor of Critical Studies at the University of Southern California

Riassunto

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. -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jenny Lin
• Con la collaborazione di: Amelia Jones (Editore), Marsha Meskimmon (Editore)
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781526132604
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-3260-4
• Pagine: 200
• Serie: Rethinking Art's Histories; Rethinking Arts Histories Mup; Rethinking Art's Histories; Key Studies in Diplomacy; Rethinking Arts Histories Mup; Manchester University Press
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte