Left behind children and Chinese contemporary art

Chengmei Xiang

doi:10.26182/5c99aaa75f7ee

Left behind children and Chinese contemporary art

Chengmei Xiang

UWA Design School

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This research project uses the unique voice of contemporary socially engaged Chinese art through a specific case study of the Left Behind Children (LBC). The 61 million LBC grow up with their grandparents or great grandparents in the countryside while their parents work in the cities, sometimes thousands of kilometers away. To contextualize this project, this thesis explores the conditions of censorship imposed on contemporary art in China by analyzing the artworks of Guo Jian, Wang Yongsheng, and Guo Xiaojun . It also analyses the strategies used by artists Wang Qingsong and Ai Song to successfully escape strict censorship.

Original language	English
Qualification	Masters
Awarding Institution	The University of Western Australia
Supervisors/Advisors	Jorgensen, Darren, Supervisor Zurr, Ionat, Supervisor
Thesis sponsors	Australian Government Research Training Program
Award date	26 Feb 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26182/5c99aaa75f7ee
Publication status	Unpublished - 2018

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