Art Unlimited?: Dynamics and Paradoxes of a Globalizing Art World

Franz Schultheis; Erwin Single; Raphaela Köfeler; Thomas Mazzurana

Open Access Published by transcript Verlag 2016

Art Unlimited?

Dynamics and Paradoxes of a Globalizing Art World

Franz Schultheis , Erwin Single , Raphaela Köfeler and Thomas Mazzurana
Funded by: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

Volume 20 in the series Kulturen der Gesellschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839432969

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About this book

Until recently still a blank spot on the world map of art, China today occupies one of the top positions in the rankings of the global art market and has moved into the center of the speculations and the covetousness of its protagonists. But what is really happening on the spot, beyond the ethnocentric distortions of the Western viewpoint? What social representations and uses of art can be identified?
A research team from the University of St. Gallen has taken up such questions in an ethnographical field research project which enables the actors in this emergent and nonetheless already market-dominated art field to have their say.

Author / Editor information

Franz Schultheis, working for many years along with Pierre Bourdieu, is senior professor at Zeppelin Universität Friedrichshafen. His research focuses on sociology of art and creative work. He is a member of the Swiss Science Council, president of the »Pierre Bourdieu Foundation« and a member of the editorial board of »Actes de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales«.
Erwin Single studied sociology, communication sciences and journalism and works as a freelance journalist in Berlin.
Raphaela Köfeler studied International Affairs at the University of St. Gallen.
Thomas Mazzurana studied Business informatics and Sociology. He is a research associate at the Institute of Sociology at the University of St. Gallen.

Reviews

»Dank der ausführlichen Interviews ermöglicht das Buch lesenswerte Einblicke in die Situation der Kunstszenen und -märkte von Hongkong und Shanghai im Jahr 2014. Gleichzeitig bietet das Buch den in den Sozialwissenschaften seltenen Fall einer Argumentation, bei der das von den Autoren präsentierte Evidenzmaterial die eigene These widerlegt.
Michael Hutter, www.sehepunkte.de, 18/2 (2018)
»Das Verdienst der St. Galler Studie ist es, [...] Eindrücke mithilfe von Leitfragen zum kulturellen und ökonomischen Globalisierungsprozess zu kontextualisieren und zu interpretieren.«
Barbara Basting, WOZ, 22.12.2016

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	1
Contents Open Access Download PDF	5
Preface Open Access Download PDF	9
Introduction: Art unlimited? The globalization of the art world and its limits Open Access Download PDF	17
Prospective territorial occupations Western perspectives on a “terra incognita” of the art world Open Access Download PDF	33
Voices from an emerging art field Open Access Download PDF	61
The Olympics of art in distant realms The view of the gallerists on the Art Basel in Hong Kong Open Access Download PDF	219
Contemporary art and its Eastern public Open Access Download PDF	227
A world turned upside down The birth of an art field under the aegis of the (global) art market Open Access Download PDF	237
Appendix Open Access Download PDF	259

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Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 264
Keywords: Art Market; Globalization; Ethnography; China; Art; Theory of Art; Sociology

eBook

Published: March 27, 2016
ISBN: 9783839432969