Experimental Beijing: Gender and Globalization in Chinese Contemporary Art

by Sasha Su-Ling Welland

During the lead-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the censorious attitude that characterized China's post-1989 official response to contemporary art gave way to a new market-driven, culture industry valuation of art. Experimental artists who once struggled against state regulation of artistic expression found themselves being courted to advance China's international image. In Experimental Beijing Sasha Su-Ling Welland examines the interlocking power...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822369281
• ISBN13: 9780822369288
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"