1st Edition
Urban Aesthetics in China Contemporary art from 2001 into the China Dream Era
By Federica Mirra
Copyright 2027
272 Pages
54 Color Illustrations
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Routledge
This book examines selected visual artworks created since 2001 in response to the People's Republic of China's ever-changing urban space, framing the discussion of art making against the official ideology of the China Dream to analyse how artists and urban actors actively re-imagine China's past, present, and future cities. Through critical analysis of artistic practices across Beijing,... Read more
Introduction 1. Arts, city and dream 2. The worlding city 3. The erased city 4. The beautiful city 5. The heritage city Conclusion
Biography
Federica Mirra is Visiting Research Fellow at Birmingham City University and Module Leader at the University of Macerata. Previously she was Leverhulme ECR Fellow at CCVA, BCU. Currently, she is working on her single-authored book The City as Art: living aesthetics in twenty-first century China. She has published in journals, such as Visual Studies, Third Text.
