The Politics of Transnational Aesthetics: Contemporary Chinese Art and Design in Global Contexts
This talk presents research from Jenny Lin’s recently published book, Above Sea: Contemporary Art, Urban Culture, and the Fashioning of Global Shanghai, which explores contemporary art, architecture, fashion and film created in and about Shanghai, long known as mainland China’s most cosmopolitan metropolis. Lin examines key projects, such as installations by artists Cai Guo-Qiang and Liu Jianhua, which engage, construct and/or critique Shanghai’s mythical ‘East-meets-West’ status and re-emerging position as an international financial and cultural capital.
Date: 25 February 2021, 17:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2021)
Venue: Online
Speaker: Professor Jenny Lin (University of Southern California)
Organising department: Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Organisers: Dr Jerome Doyon (University of Oxford), Annabella Massey (University of Oxford), Dr Chigusa Yamaura (University of Oxford), Dr Giulia Falato (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: annabella.massey@new.ox.ac.uk
Host: Annabella Massey (University of Oxford)
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.chinacentre.ox.ac.uk/am_event/the-politics-of-transnational-aesthetics-contemporary-chinese-art-and-design-in-global-contexts/
Audience: Public
Editor: Clare Orchard