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Art malls and popular collecting in post-socialist China

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Author	Hsieh, I-Yi
Copyright Year	2021
Description	While the surge of Chinese art collectors has been noted by auction houses, museums and higher-educational institutes, their presence in the international art world can puzzle many as the sales number regales. This chapter presents an ethnographic analysis of the larger context of popular collecting emergent in the country's transition into the market economy. The discussion is centred on a case study of two major art malls in Shanghai, K11 and the Himalaya Museum, through which I contextualise the enthusiasm toward art collecting as a trend of urban popular culture in contemporary China. Based on my ethnographically informed observations from 2015 to 2017, and aided by a research trip to Shanghai in 2019, this chapter discusses the new cultural economy surrounding popular collecting incubated by the effort to intersect urban consumerism and private art institutions in China, shedding light on the new mode of art production birthed in the post-socialist transition and aided by overseas Chinese business communities. The analysis hopes to contribute to our understanding of the changing Chinese art world that impacts the global dynamic. Book Name: Researching Art Markets
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Ending Page	62
Page Count	12
Starting Page	51
DOI	10.4324/9781003018674-6
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2021-04-17
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: Researching Art Markets Cultural Studies Shanghai Museums Popular Collecting Economy Post Socialist
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

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