Contemporary Chinese art and criticality: From the general to the particular

ABSTRACT

The following editorial sets out the context for this special edition of the Journal of Visual Art Practice by situating contemporary Chinese art and its critical engagement with society and politics — both within and outside the People's Republic of China and Taiwan — in relation to a wider history of modernist, postmodernist and contemporary visual art theory and practice. It also outlines the particular social, economic, cultural and political conditions in relation to which contemporary art is produced and received within the PRC and Taiwan as well as differences between localized Chinese and international perspectives on the critical significance of contemporary Chinese art.

摘要

接下来的这篇社论旨在为本期《视觉艺术与实践》的中国当代艺术特辑提供 一个阅读的语境。文章从现代主义，后现代主义和当代视觉艺术理论及实践 的历史脉络出发，来检视中国当代艺术及其对社会和政治的批判性参与（包 括中华人民共和国和台湾境外的艺术实践）。同时，文章还概述了影响当代 艺术创作和评价的特定社会，经济，文化和政治环境，以及在解读中国当代 艺术的批判性时，中国国内视角与国际视角之间存在的差异。

KEYWORDS:

• People's Republic of China
• Taiwan
• contemporary Chinese art
• criticality
• modernism
• postmodernism
• contemporaneity

关键词:

• 中华人名共和国
• 台湾
• 中国当代艺术
• 批判性
• 现代主义
• 后现代主义
• 当代性