Uncooperative contemporaries: art exhibitions in Shanghai in 2000

Abstract

"Shanghai's 'exhibition frenzy' in 2000 presented conflicting positions at a transitional moment for 'global' contemporary art. This book explores what was at stake for modernity, contemporaneity, nationalism, internationalism and globalism in the city at the time, while looking back from diverse perspectives today. Landmark artist-led initiatives are analysed alongside the state-led Shanghai Biennale, then in its third edition, with the terrain further complicated by public interventions and commercial initiatives. What contrasting modes of public address were developed? How did visitors engage at the time, and how may we engage afresh now? And how might this moment in Shanghai index wider transformations of the art field?"--Provided by publisher.

Contents

Introduction: uncooperative contemporaries / John Tain -- Shanghai 2000: let's talk about money / Jane DeBevoise -- Manifolds of the local: tracing the neglected legacies of the 2000 Shanghai Biennale / Mia Yu -- 'Fuck off': search for the way in which art lives as 'wildlife' / Liu Ding and Carol Yinghua Lu -- Coincidence and re-collection: lateness and insight / Lee Weng Choy -- Art exhibitions in Shanghai in 2000 -- To select, to be selected and who selects: the Shanghai Biennale in the context of globalisation / Xu Hong, 2000 -- From Niuzhuang Village to BizArt / Zhou Zixi, 2004 -- Voices: Shanghai, 2000 / Assembled by Anthony Yung.