The making of a modern art world : : institutionalisation and legitimatisation of guohua in republican Shanghai / / by Pedith Pui Chan.

• Superior document: China Studies, Volume 37
• VerfasserIn: Chan, Pedith Pui,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017.; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: China studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; Volume 37.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (374 pages) :; illustrations, tables, graphs.
• Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral--University of London, 2009) under the title: The making of a modern art world : the institutionalisation of guohua in Shanghai, 1929-1937.

The Making of A Modern Art World explores the artistic institutions and discursive practices prevailing in Republican Shanghai, aiming to reconstruct the operational logic and the stratified hierarchy of Shanghai’s art world. Using guohua as the point of entry, this book interrogates the discourse both of guohua itself, and the wider discourse of Chinese modernism in the visual arts. In the light of the sociological definition of ‘art world’, this book contextualizes guohua through focusing on the modes of production and consumption of painting in Shanghai, examining newly adopted modern artistic practices, namely, art associations, periodicals, art colleges, exhibitions, and the art market.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction: The Hierarchy of Shanghai’s Art World -- Institutionalisation as Practice: Societies, Periodicals, and Colleges -- The Appropriation of New Cultural Capital: Art Exhibitions -- The Business of Art: The Art Market -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1 Biographical Notes -- Appendix 2 Art Societies Established during the Years 1929–1936 -- Appendix 3 Art Periodicals Established during the Years 1929–1936 -- Appendix 4 Survey of Exhibitions held during the Years 1919–1937 -- Appendix 5 Prices for 4-foot Landscape Paintings in the Hall Scroll Format during the Years 1929–1937 -- Bibliography -- Index.