Approaching autonomy: post-socialist conceptualism in Chinese art

This book explores works by key artists who shaped conceptualism in post-Mao China. Drawing from understudied archival materials and qualitative research, it analyzes artistic struggles for autonomy, re-evaluating Robert Rauschenberg's 1985 exhibition in Beijing and Chinese artists' explor...

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Main Author: Li, Yu-Chieh (Author)
Format: Book/Monograph Thesis
Language:English
Published: Leiden Boston Brill 2025
Series:Modern Asian art and visual culture volume 10
In: Modern Asian art and visual culture (volume 10)

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Author Notes:by Yu-Chieh Li
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Summary:This book explores works by key artists who shaped conceptualism in post-Mao China. Drawing from understudied archival materials and qualitative research, it analyzes artistic struggles for autonomy, re-evaluating Robert Rauschenberg's 1985 exhibition in Beijing and Chinese artists' exploration of appropriation, affect, dehumanization, and collective practice since the 1980s. A continuous development can be found in the politics and aesthetics of post-socialism, which has struggled to define its space for expression, from the 1980s until today
Item Description:Dissertation eingereicht unter dem Titel: Democratic Art in Post-Socialist China Appropriation, Dehumanization, and Audience Participation, 1985-95
ISBN:9789004537095