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Everyday Legend: Reinventing tradition in Chinese contemporary art1 日常传说:重塑中国当代艺术的传统

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Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1386/jcca_00001_2

Jiang Jiehong

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Continuum Generation by Generation: The representation of Chinese traditions at the China Pavilion of the 57th Venice Biennale 一代接一代:第57届威尼斯双年展中国馆对中国传统的展示

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Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1386/jcca_00011_1

Ornella De Nigris

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The language of porcelain 瓷器的语言

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Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1386/jcca_00014_7

L. Jianhua, Jiang Jiehong

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Beyond the cinematic: Reinventing Chinese martial arts through new media art practices 超越电影:通过新媒体艺术实践重塑中国武术

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Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1386/jcca_00012_1

W. Wong

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China's ancient past in its contemporary art: On the politics of time and nation branding at the Venice Biennale 当代艺术中的中国古代:威尼斯双年展的时间政治与民族品牌

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Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1386/jcca_00010_1

J. Chao

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Tradition and transmission: Shifting epistemological and (art-)historical grounds of contemporary art's relation to the past 传统与传播:当代艺术与过去关系的认识论和(艺术)历史基础的转变

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Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1386/jcca_00003_1

Birgit Hopfener

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Immutability and impermanence in Qiu Zhijie's work: From Buddhism to New Confucianism to Mainland New Confucianism 邱志杰作品中的无常与无常：从佛教到新儒家再到大陆新儒家

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Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1386/jcca_00007_1

C. Kayser

{"title":"Immutability and impermanence in Qiu Zhijie's work: From Buddhism to New Confucianism to Mainland New Confucianism","authors":"C. Kayser","doi":"10.1386/jcca_00007_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/jcca_00007_1","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract 'The need to go back to the past' is central to Qiu Zhijie (b. 1969)'s understanding of human agency, and in consequence is central to his artistic endeavour. By 'the past' Qiu means Chinese (immutable) history and identity, based on a sense of impermanence. Chinese\u0000 philosophy has informed his work from its beginning in the 1990s, as he imagined calligraphic performances, infused his installations and photographs with explicit references to Buddhist sutras and Koan. Since 2000 he has peppered his discourse and curating practices with implicit references\u0000 to Confucianism (such as the celebration of the master/student relationship, the search for social harmony). Initial works used a mix of western contemporary and Chinese traditional art forms, and were concerned to the cultivation of the self. The latter have become associated with social\u0000 aims such as diffusing art to the masses, promoting ancient arts and crafts in curated projects that link the artist's individual development with that of the collective. Qiu designates this holistic aim as 'Total art'. Critics explain Qiu's concept of Total art using the Wagnerian concept\u0000 of Gesamtkunstwerk or of post-structural criticality of history. Others compare Qiu's endeavour to Republican New Confucianism. Still others consider it as part of Chinese literati tradition, in an ahistorical perspective. We want to emphasize rather its relation to Mainland New Confucianist\u0000 philosophy that emerged since the millennium, which is characterized by a will to use ontological Chinese values to defend a political vision of Confucianism that is both social and authoritarian, essentially Chinese and opened to the world. This explains how Qiu reconciles his view of 'going\u0000 to the past', with his participation in the Government's sponsored international programmes. We shall question its consequence on Qiu's position as global 'avant-garde'.","PeriodicalId":40969,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44703034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Past as future: The discourse of Chuantong in twentiethcentury China1 过去即未来:20世纪中国的传统话语

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Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1386/jcca_00002_1

Pi Li

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Metamorphosis of a butterfly: Neo-liberal subjectivation and queer autonomy in Xiyadie's papercutting art 蝴蝶的蜕变:西雅蝶剪纸艺术中的新自由主义主体化与酷儿自主性

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Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1386/jcca_00006_1

Hongwei Bao

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Reverie through Ma Yansong's shanshui city to evoke and re-appropriate China's urban space 通过马岩松的山水城市幻梦，唤起和重新定位中国的城市空间

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Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1386/jcca_00013_1

Federica Mirra

{"title":"Reverie through Ma Yansong's shanshui city to evoke and re-appropriate China's urban space","authors":"Federica Mirra","doi":"10.1386/jcca_00013_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/jcca_00013_1","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Meandering rivers, elevated walkways and high-rise buildings revive traditional landscape paintings in an attempt to re-establish a connection between Chinese citizens and their urban space. Since the Open Door Policy in 1978 and the consequent period of reforms,\u0000 introduced by Deng Xiaoping, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has been focusing on the economic and urban development of the nation to affirm its modernization and global role. Particularly, since 2001, urbanization has been driven by economic and political goals that have overshadowed\u0000 Chinese cultural and historical specificity and residents' needs. Cities and metropolises have become the symbol of the country's modernization and globalization, attracting foreign capital and visibility. At the same time, the frenetic and unprecedented scale of urbanization in Mainland China\u0000 has caused the loss of historical and cultural areas, forced evictions, social instability and worsened pollution, among other issues. By presenting the case study of Beijing-based architect and artist, Ma Yansong, I will illustrate how tradition and culture could be reinvented and implemented\u0000 in the contemporary urban realities. To do that, Chinese painter Xie He's treatise on the aesthetics of traditional landscape painting will provide with an original framework to understand Ma's urban concept of shanshui city. Aiming to re-connect everyday individuals with their urban space\u0000 and cultural and historical background, this article responds to the urgency to envision future cities that are conceived by and for Chinese citizens and stem from China's ancient tradition and cultural specificity. Moreover, it intends to question the current urbanizing process and foster\u0000 alternative urban imaginaries for future Chinese cities.","PeriodicalId":40969,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42116429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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