Meiqin Wang

Socially Engaged Art in Contemporary China

Voices from Below

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an in-depth and thematic analysis of socially engaged art in Mainland China, exploring its critical responses to and creative interventions in Chinaâ s top-down, pro-urban, and profit-oriented socioeconomic transformations.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Art and Politics
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 174mm x 245mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9781032093444
• ISBN-10: 1032093447
• Artikelnr.: 62153126

Autorenporträt

Meiqin Wang is Professor in the Department of Art at California State University, Northridge, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Voices from Below: the Potential of Art Activism Part I:
Social Criticism through Art 1. Art Criticism, Exhibition, and Citizen
Politics: Wang Nanming and the Theory of Critical Art 2. Waste, Pollution,
and Grassroots Environment Activism: Wang Jiuliang and the Art of
Documenting Part II: Place Construction with Art 3. Art, Urban Renewal /
Cultural Heritage Conservation, and Grassroots Community Building: Zheng
Dazhen and the Maker of Lifestyle 4. Art and Place-Making for the People:
Zuo Jing and the Trilogy of Rural Reconstruction Part III: Personal
Development in Art 5. From Representation to Collaboration: Wen Fang and
Her Poverty Alleviation Art 6. The Nurture Effect: Hu Jianqiang, Wang Jun
and Art for Children Conclusion: Art and the Right to Bottom-up Social
Changes