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Lisa Claypool
Library 321
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office hours: Monday 2:15-3:15 and by appointment
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Course Description
This course explores Chinese cultural identity as expressed in global economies of art production and performance. We will study a dynamic field of artistic activity that touches on many central issues informing cultural identity in Maoist-era (1949-1976) and contemporary China: globalization and transnational formations; political ideology and censorship; the body, gender, and sexuality; the impact of market forces and art-world institutions on the art scenes in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. Along the way, we will also question the status of the image: how is identity differently shaped and expressed in painting, photography, sculpture, and experimental arts such as performance and video? Participants will conceive and design a thematically-based exhibition catalog essay of works produced since the mid-twentieth century, and in addition, will co-curate the Cooley Gallery CHINA URBAN show opening in late March.
Members of conference (to email individuals simply click on name; to email all click here):
Christian Anayas
Gena Beam
Zarina Bell
Elizabeth Bidart
Raymond Dennison
Karlynne Ejercito
Lily Marie Hirdler
Owen Kolasinki
Hannah Landsman
Oliver Mains
Olivia Maki
Katherine Marshall
Clare McLaughlin
Sara O'Keeffe
Josh Pemberton
Arianne Rivard
Lindsey Putnam
Alexandra Saxon
Hannah Simonson
Zada Speiss
Alexandra Tinsley
Diana van Wagner
Sonia Vucetic
Lauren White