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Book SynopsisThe 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 ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures Chapter 1 Introduction: The Hierarchy of Shanghai’s Art World Chapter 2 Institutionalisation as Practice: Societies, Periodicals, and Colleges Chapter 3 The Appropriation of New Cultural Capital: Art Exhibitions Chapter 4 The Business of Art: The Art Market Chapter 5 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
