Comments on: 读许江与高士明的《”全球概念”与中国当代艺术的境遇》 http://www.sinopop.org/2010/07/01/lang_enreading-globalization-and-chinese-contemporary-artlang_enlang_zh%e8%af%bb%e8%ae%b8%e6%b1%9f%e4%b8%8e%e9%ab%98%e5%a3%ab%e6%98%8e%e7%9a%84%e3%80%8a%e5%85%a8%e7%90%83%e6%a6%82/langswitch_lang/zh/ Art and visual culture in Beijing, China Thu, 17 May 2012 23:28:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Cracks appear in Asian demand for contemporary art :: Gaia Gallery http://www.sinopop.org/2010/07/01/lang_enreading-globalization-and-chinese-contemporary-artlang_enlang_zh%e8%af%bb%e8%ae%b8%e6%b1%9f%e4%b8%8e%e9%ab%98%e5%a3%ab%e6%98%8e%e7%9a%84%e3%80%8a%e5%85%a8%e7%90%83%e6%a6%82/langswitch_lang/zh/#comment-4134 Cracks appear in Asian demand for contemporary art :: Gaia Gallery Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:24:55 +0000 http://www.sinopop.org/2010/07/01/lang_enreading-globalization-and-chinese-contemporary-artlang_enlang_zh%e8%af%bb%e8%ae%b8%e6%b1%9f%e4%b8%8e%e9%ab%98%e5%a3%ab%e6%98%8e%e7%9a%84%e3%80%8a%e5%85%a8%e7%90%83%e6%a6%82/langswitch_lang/zh/#comment-4134 [...] China.($1 = 7.785 Hong Kong Dollars)(Reporting by James Pomfret, editing by Paul Casciato)HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Asian art market juggernaut showed signs of weakness on Monday in Sotheby'...ction hub after New York and London, are a closely watched barometer of art and luxury market [...] […] China.($1 = 7.785 Hong Kong Dollars)(Reporting by James Pomfret, editing by Paul Casciato)HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Asian art market juggernaut showed signs of weakness on Monday in Sotheby’…ction hub after New York and London, are a closely watched barometer of art and luxury market […]

]]> By: s i n o p o p » Blog Archive » Reading Gao Shiming’s “Observations on and Premonitions for ‘After Post-Colonialism’” http://www.sinopop.org/2010/07/01/lang_enreading-globalization-and-chinese-contemporary-artlang_enlang_zh%e8%af%bb%e8%ae%b8%e6%b1%9f%e4%b8%8e%e9%ab%98%e5%a3%ab%e6%98%8e%e7%9a%84%e3%80%8a%e5%85%a8%e7%90%83%e6%a6%82/langswitch_lang/zh/#comment-1474 s i n o p o p » Blog Archive » Reading Gao Shiming’s “Observations on and Premonitions for ‘After Post-Colonialism’” Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:59:31 +0000 http://www.sinopop.org/2010/07/01/lang_enreading-globalization-and-chinese-contemporary-artlang_enlang_zh%e8%af%bb%e8%ae%b8%e6%b1%9f%e4%b8%8e%e9%ab%98%e5%a3%ab%e6%98%8e%e7%9a%84%e3%80%8a%e5%85%a8%e7%90%83%e6%a6%82/langswitch_lang/zh/#comment-1474 [...] the argument picks up where “Globalism” (2000) leaves off. Gao “puts aside the ‘political spectacle’ of large-scale international [...] […] the argument picks up where “Globalism” (2000) leaves off. Gao “puts aside the ‘political spectacle’ of large-scale international […]

]]> By: Robin Peckham http://www.sinopop.org/2010/07/01/lang_enreading-globalization-and-chinese-contemporary-artlang_enlang_zh%e8%af%bb%e8%ae%b8%e6%b1%9f%e4%b8%8e%e9%ab%98%e5%a3%ab%e6%98%8e%e7%9a%84%e3%80%8a%e5%85%a8%e7%90%83%e6%a6%82/langswitch_lang/zh/#comment-1436 Robin Peckham Fri, 02 Jul 2010 05:03:18 +0000 http://www.sinopop.org/2010/07/01/lang_enreading-globalization-and-chinese-contemporary-artlang_enlang_zh%e8%af%bb%e8%ae%b8%e6%b1%9f%e4%b8%8e%e9%ab%98%e5%a3%ab%e6%98%8e%e7%9a%84%e3%80%8a%e5%85%a8%e7%90%83%e6%a6%82/langswitch_lang/zh/#comment-1436 The way they and other Chinese art scholars refer to "post-colonial theory" implies that there is some such coherent body of work out there, rather than different viewpoints and different opinions discussing a common point of historical experience--the transition out of imperialism, which China certainly more than shared, and even continues to perpetuate on a political level today. At the same time, their argument seems to take on the idea of Western "theory" as a whole, and I'm guessing you could swap out "post-structuralism" for "post-colonialism" without having to rewrite much at all. There will always be that set of academic painters who insist on reading Chinese art in terms of the energy of the Dao and the moralism of the Rujia, but in many ways that seems like a reluctance to engage with the misunderstood. The best take on the reference to Chinese exceptionalism as a critical strategy I've seen was Paul Gladston's article "(More Writing on) The Wall (and Entry Gate): A Critical Response to Recent Curatorial Meditations on the 'Chineseness' of Contemporary Chinese Visual Art" in Yishu, March 2007. The way they and other Chinese art scholars refer to “post-colonial theory” implies that there is some such coherent body of work out there, rather than different viewpoints and different opinions discussing a common point of historical experience–the transition out of imperialism, which China certainly more than shared, and even continues to perpetuate on a political level today.

At the same time, their argument seems to take on the idea of Western “theory” as a whole, and I’m guessing you could swap out “post-structuralism” for “post-colonialism” without having to rewrite much at all. There will always be that set of academic painters who insist on reading Chinese art in terms of the energy of the Dao and the moralism of the Rujia, but in many ways that seems like a reluctance to engage with the misunderstood.

The best take on the reference to Chinese exceptionalism as a critical strategy I’ve seen was Paul Gladston’s article “(More Writing on) The Wall (and Entry Gate): A Critical Response to Recent Curatorial Meditations on the ‘Chineseness’ of Contemporary Chinese Visual Art” in Yishu, March 2007.

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