Full Description
Contemporary Queer Chinese Art is the first English-language academic book that explores the intersections of queer culture and contemporary Chinese art from the mid-1980s to the present. This book brings together 15 internationally renowned artists, activists, curators and scholars to explore heterogeneous expressions of Chineseness and queerness in contemporary art from China and Chinese diasporas in Asia, Europe and North America.
Examining contemporary visual art, performance and activism, this book offers a rich archive of queer Chinese artistic expressions. It provides valuable insights into the status quo and intersectional struggles of Chinese artists who identify themselves as queer and who have associated their work with queer positionalities and perspectives. By sharing personal experiences, art expressions and critical insights about what it means to be queer and Chinese in a transnational context, the book reveals multiple forms and potentialities of queer politics in the domains of art and activism.
Contents
1.What is Queer About Queer Chinese Art? (Hongwei Bao, Diyi Mergenthaler and Jamie J. Zhao)
Part I Queering Forms, Materials and Traditions
2.Same-Sex Love: A 'Frog in The Well' Looking for A Wider Sky (Xiyadie)
3.The Art of Vulnerability: Vulnerability as a Communication Device in Kinbaku (Bohan Gandalf Li)
4.A Child Taught Me How to Paint Dingding (Wei Yimu)
Part II Feminist Interventions
5. Body Portraits (Ma Yanhong)
6.My Words to the World: Three Artwork Series (Shi Tou)
7.From Feminist Artmaking to Queer Image Writing (Li Xinmo)
8.Radical Art or Radical Activism?: My Queer and Feminist Campaigns (Wei Tingting)
Part III Feminist, Queer and Trans Curation
9.Women's Arts Festival: Feminist Curating in Contemporary China (Jiete Li and Claire Ping)
10.Secret Love: Visualizing Identity, Sexuality and Norms in Chinese Art (Si Han)
11.After Spectrosynthesis: Asian LGBTQ Issues and Art Now? (Brian Curtin)
12.Between Fringe and Canon: The Trans-Motifs of Fen-Ma Liuming (Diyi Mergenthaler)
Part IV Transnational and Diaspora Queer Art
13.Too Much and Not Yet Enough: Burong Zeng's Theatre and Live Art Works (Burong Zeng)
14.The Mouth Wide Opens and Shuts: Queer Foodism and Identity (Popo Fan)
15.Imagining Queer Bandung: Creating a Transnational and Decolonial Queer Space (Hongwei Bao)
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