Analysing East Asian Contemporary Art: A Path to Reconnection
July 15, 2021
Analysing East Asian contemporary art, whether it is Chinese, Korean or Japanese, is faced with the proposition of ‘Asianess’, the term itself indicates exclusion and differentiation from the rest of the contemporaneity. Before we delve into the contemporary issue, we should focus on 19th-century modernity, as this period greatly influenced our critical understanding of the matter. One great example is Japan reopening its ports to trade with the West in 1853, having been secluded since the 1600s. This event led to a tidal wave of Japanese imports flooding European shores,...
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