Bringing Forth the New: Visual Art and the World of Contemporary China

by Michael Maizels

Overview

Bringing Forth the New provides a headlong introduction into the world of Chinese contemporary visual art, opening from the art world onto the political, technological and economic vectors of recent Chinese history. Each chapter reads an important facet of recent Chinese history through the work of a significant artist. From examining trade war and intellectual property through the work of political pop painters such as Yu Youhan, to the development of gendered constructs in China through the work of Cui Xuiwen.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350341579
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/25/2024
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	5.45(w) x 8.45(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Michael Maizels is a poly-disciplinary researcher working at the intersection of creativity, technology and economics. He is the author of four books as well as numerous academic articles covering topics ranging from visual art and musicology to the cultural history of finance. He holds a PhD in the History of Art and Architecture from the University of Virginia and an MBA from MIT Sloan.

Table of Contents

1. Our Own Arrows
2. One Way Glass
3. Half of Heaven
4. Degrees of Separation
5. Muted Situations
6. Survival Robot

Editorial Reviews

In a series of dazzling close readings, Bringing Forth The New offers a non-stop stream of brilliant insights and historical elaborations. It is comparative scholarship of the best kind-moving with grace and trenchant analysis across vast realms of visual experience. Forging connections at every turn, Maizels turns what might at first seem like an arbitrary series of visual examples into an impressive dance of analytic virtuosity, articulating the complexities of “East” and “West” as remediated in Chinese art during the past several decades. No matter where one is situated in relation to its many themes, one will inevitably learn a great deal from this book.” —R. John Williams, Yale University, USA

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