xindanwei chitchat edition 9: From Marilyn to Mao-the formation of contemporary transnational art
Time: 4:30-6:30pm Friday June, 11th
Cost:free
Host:Isaac Leung
Abstract
In “The Invention of Art: A Cultural History”, philosopher Larry Shiner explains that the ‘invention’ of ‘fine art’ was connected to the rise of the art market. In his book he separates the cultural history of art into two periods: the patronage period and the art market period. The emergence of the art market in the U.S. and Europe during the 70s and 80s was shaped by regime changes in capitalism and the rise of cultural industries. In recent years, the commoditization of art has entered a “global” age, new art markets emerge in which international artists, curators, museums and biennales become global players in the field of “international contemporary art”. The Western art centers such as New York and London have been decentralized and face diversification from various up- and-coming art markets around the globe. This phenomenon has been further intensified by the emergence of the contemporary Chinese art market as a major force in the global cultural economy. By choosing contemporary Chinese art as the focus of study, my research will examine the formation of the contemporary art market under the increasingly interconnected and integrated notion of the global and the local cultural economy. The emerging art clusters in Beijing and Shanghai will be studied with an eye towards the interdependency of production, consumption and distribution of art within these culturally hybridized networks. By reconsidering the earlier studies of cultural globalization, different constituencies within the interconnected localities of the contemporary Chinese art market will be examined in the context of transnational communication, the flow of art programs and the global circulation and consumption of artistic products.
Isaac Leung
Leung is a practicing artist, curator and researcher who received a Honorary Fellowship of Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the New Media Art Department of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. His passion in exploring issues concerning contemporary art began during his time in college. During 1998-2008, his artworks were exhibited in over 30 venues across the globe. His projects were featured on National Public Radio (USA), and in Agence France-Presse (France), Chicago Tribune (USA), NY Arts Magazine (USA), Chicago Readers (USA) and The South China Morning Post (Hong Kong).
In 2002, Leung was appointed as the Program Director of the media art organization Videotage. During the past years, he has initiated and participated in projects that included exhibitions, workshops, lectures, publications, online projects and symposia such as, 40 Years of Video Art in Germany and Hong Kong, (Hong Kong and Germany), Boderline Film Festival (Beijing), Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition (Venice, Hong Kong), Perpetual Art Machine (New York), “97+10: HK Hand Baggage” (Shanghai), ISEA Festival (San Jose), Microwave International Media Art Festival (Hong Kong). Apart from the video documentary that was awarded by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, his current interdisciplinary project “Sex Machines” is being actualized as a Mphil academic thesis at the Lingnan University. Throughout the years, he has been invited to speak at different conferences such as, Arse Elektronika (San Francisco), Microwave International Media Arts Festival (Hong Kong), Hong Kong / Hollywood at the Borders: Alternative Perspectives, Alternative Cinemas (Hong Kong), etc. He’s currently a PhD researcher at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.
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