Socially engaged art in contemporary China : voices from below /
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 China's top-down, pro-urban and profit-oriented socioeconomic transformations. It focuses on the socially conscious practices of eigh...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2019.
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| Series: | Routledge research in art and politics.
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| Summary: | 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 China's top-down, pro-urban and profit-oriented socioeconomic transformations. It focuses on the socially conscious practices of eight art professionals who assume the role of artist, critic, curator, educator, cultural entrepreneur and social activist, among others, as they strive to expose the injustice and inequality many Chinese people have suffered, raise public awareness of pressing social and environmental problems, and invent new ways and infrastructures to support various underprivileged social groups. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 238 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-231) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781138314344 113831434X |