"This is a vital book for specialists as well as a wider readership with an interest in greater China's diverse and changing artworlds."—Paul Gladston, The University of Nottingham----------------------------------This book investigates the varied forms of art practices in Hong Kong and greater China over the last decade. The author explores how and why the artists of the city engage in practices ranging from the most personal to the most socially oriented, with an interesting analysis of the works of about fifty local art practitioners and a representative range of art institutions.

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Hong Kong Soft Power
Art Practices in the Special Administrative Region, 2005–2014
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Publisher
The Chinese University of Hong KongeBook ISBN
9789629968045
Year
2018Table of contents
- Half Title Page
- Full Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1. A New Art Ecosystem and Its Burgeoning Effects
- 2. Sorting the Intricacies of a Complex Art Field
- 3. “Native” Chinese Art
- 4. Ink Art
- 5. Plastician Practices
- 6. Relational Aesthetics in the Expanded Field
- Coda
- Bibliography