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Deconstructing Contemporary Chinese Art

Selected Critical Writings and Conversations, 2007-2014

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Authors:
  1. Paul Gladston

    1. The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

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  • Combines thorough theoretical analysis with detailed historical knowledge
  • Enriched by extended first-hand research
  • Makes a body of connected critical writings accessible to a specialist and general readership ?
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Chinese Contemporary Art Series (CCAS)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  3. Conversations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. Inside the Yellow Box

      • Paul Gladston
      Pages 95-104

    3. Track Changes

      • Paul Gladston
      Pages 105-113

    4. Low Resolution

      • Paul Gladston
      Pages 115-120

    5. Answering the Question—‘What is the Chinese Avant-Garde?’

      • Paul Gladston
      Pages 121-123

    6. Disjuncture—Tradition—Indirectness

      • Paul Gladston
      Pages 125-128

    7. Collaboration as Struggle and Non-cooperation

      • Paul Gladston
      Pages 129-132

    8. Time, Life and Nature

      • Paul Gladston
      Pages 133-137
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About this book

The book presents a range of articles and discussions that offer critical insights into the development of contemporary Chinese art, both within China and internationally. It brings together selected writings, both published and unpublished, by Paul Gladston, one of the foremost international scholars on contemporary Chinese art. The articles are based on extensive first-hand research, much of which was carried out during an extended residence in China between 2005 and 2010. In contrast to many other writers on contemporary Chinese art, Gladston analyses his subject with specific reference to the concerns of critical theory. In his writings he consistently argues for a “polylogic” (multi-voiced) approach to research and analysis grounded in painstaking attention to local, regional and international conditions of artistic production, reception and display.

Authors and Affiliations

  • The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Paul Gladston

About the author

Paul Gladston is a full professor at Nottingham - Chair of Contemporary Visual Cultures and Critical Theory. Between 2005 and 2010 he served as inaugural head of the Department of International Communications and director of the Institute for Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China. He has written extensively on the subject of contemporary Chinese art with particular reference to the concerns of critical theory. His recent book-length publications include Contemporary Art in Shanghai: Conversations with Seven Chinese Artists (Timezone 8 – Blue Kingfisher, 2011); a special edition of the Journal of Visual Art Practice, ‘Contemporary Chinese Art and Criticality’, co-edited with Katie Hill (2012); ‘Avant-Garde’ Art Groups in China, 1979–89 (Intellect and University of Chicago Press, 2013); and Contemporary Chinese Art: A Critical History (Reaktion and University of Chicago Press, 2014). He is principal editor of the Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art and was an academic adviser to the exhibition ‘Art of Change: New Directions from China’, which was staged at the South Bank Centre in London in 2012.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Deconstructing Contemporary Chinese Art

  • Book Subtitle: Selected Critical Writings and Conversations, 2007-2014

  • Authors: Paul Gladston

  • Series Title: Chinese Contemporary Art Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46488-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-46487-8Published: 14 October 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51636-2Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-46488-5Published: 21 August 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2199-9058

  • Series E-ISSN: 2199-9066

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 195

  • Topics: Fine Arts, Cultural Studies

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