{"product_id":"the-global-contemporary-art-world-isbn-9781118338513","title":"The Global Contemporary Art World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe final installment in the critically-acclaimed trilogy on globalization and art explores the growing dominance of Asian centers of art\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book takes readers on a fascinating journey around five Asian centers of contemporary art and its myriad institutions, agents, forms, materials, and languages, while posing vital questions about the political economy of culture and the power of visual art in a multi-polar world. He analyzes the financial powerhouse of Art Basel Hong Kong, new media art in South Korea, the place of the Kochi Biennale within contemporary art in India, transnational art and art education in China, and the geo-politics of art patronage in Palestine, and he develops a highly original synthesis of theoretical perspectives and empirical research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on detailed case studies and personal insights gained from his extensive experience of the contemporary art scene in Asia, Professor Harris examines the evolving relationship between the western centers of art practice, collection, and validation and the emerging “peripheries” of Asian Tiger societies with burgeoning art centers. And he arrives at the somewhat controversial conclusion that dominance of the art world is rapidly slipping away from Europe and North America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Global Contemporary Art World\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for undergraduates and postgraduate students in modern and contemporary art, art history, art theory and criticism, cultural studies, the sociology of culture, and globalization studies. It is also a vital resource for research students, academics, and professionals in the art world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction: “Global,” “Contemporary,” “Art,” “World” 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEntering the Maze 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModernity, Contemporary Art and Globalization 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFive Asian Centers within the Global Contemporary Art World 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal Crash, Crises and the Art World 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary Art in the Friezer 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Doing the Business: Producing Consumption in the Hong Kong Art World 35\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHong Kong Gets the Art Basel Treatment 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOffshore Art Business in the Global Neoliberal Capitalist Economy 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCombined and Uneven Development in the Hong Kong Art World 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHong Kong’s Art World Inside and Outside China 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 New Media Art and Cultural Globalism in South Korea 65\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Chic of Global “New Media Art” 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary Art as Global Cultural Diplomacy 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Glocal Video”: Conventions and Critiques 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCulture, Contemporaneity and the Postcolonial Artwork 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe “Real DMZ Project”: Conflict Art in the Korean Peninsula 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary Art Across Global Asia 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Globalizing Indian Contemporary Art: The Biennial as Rhetorical Form 95\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Kochi Biennale Big Sell 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKochi as a Global Venue 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArt at Kochi: Liberal Pluralism Versus Social Engagement with Globalization? 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Highs and Lows of Art, Media and Kochi Biennale Capital 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUtopian Rhetoric in Contemporary Art at the Kochi Biennale 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Social Reproduction of Contemporary Art in the People’s Republic of China: Higher Education and the Branding of “Contemporary Chinese Art” 127\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArt and Design Education as a Globalization Process 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanging Identifications in Art and Design Education in China 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary Chinese Art Marketed for Global Consumption 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChinese Art and the World Art System 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Contemporary Art and Post‐National Identities in the State of Palestine 155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Palestine is Open for Business”! 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrounding the Culture Industry in Palestine 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePalestinian Museums‐of‐art‐in‐waiting 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe “NGO‐ization” of the Contemporary Art World in the State of Palestine 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcrete into Dust 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Conclusion: Motifs of Global Fracture in the Art Of Bashir Makhoul and Wang Guofeng 181\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRe‐Entering the Maze 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Girum Imus Nocte et Consumimur Igni 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUtopian Photo‐Mythologies 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAesthetic and Social Implications of Digital Photography 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe One and the Multitude in the World Order\/Disorder 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Bibliography 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 217\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e JONATHAN HARRIS\u003c\/b\u003e is Head of Birmingham School of Art at Birmingham City University, UK. He has taught and lectured on modern and contemporary art at universities, museums and galleries worldwide for over thirty years. His \u003ci\u003eThe New Art History: A Critical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (2001) remains a classic text, and he has published twenty books as editor, author and co-author, including \u003ci\u003eGlobalization and Contemporary Art and The Utopian Globalists\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 and 2013).      \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book takes readers on a fascinating journey around five Asian centers of contemporary art and its myriad institutions, agents, forms, materials, and languages, while posing vital questions about the political economy of culture and the power of visual art in a multi-polar world. The author analyzes the financial powerhouse of Art Basel Hong Kong, new media art in South Korea, the place of the Kochi Biennale within contemporary art in India, transnational art and art education in China, and the geo-politics of art patronage in Palestine, and develops a highly original synthesis of theoretical perspectives and empirical research.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Drawing on detailed case studies and personal insights gained from his extensive experience of the contemporary art scene in Asia, Jonathan Harris examines the evolving relationship between the western centers of art practice, collection, and validation and the emerging \"peripheries\" of Asian Tiger societies with burgeoning art centers. He also discusses the controversial question of whether the dominance of the art world is rapidly slipping away from Europe and North America.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e The Global Contemporary Art World\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for undergraduates and postgraduate students in modern and contemporary art, art history, art theory and criticism, cultural studies, the sociology of culture, and globalization studies. It is also a vital resource for research students, academics, and professionals in the art world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990240870629,"sku":"NP9781118338513","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118338513.jpg?v=1761787028","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-global-contemporary-art-world-isbn-9781118338513","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}