The Taiwanese artist Mei Dean-E and the concept of Chineseness

Autor: Marie Laureillard
Přispěvatelé: Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2), Institut d'Asie Orientale (IAO), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-Sciences Po Lyon - Institut d'études politiques de Lyon (IEP Lyon), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon)-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-Sciences Po Lyon - Institut d'études politiques de Lyon (IEP Lyon)
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
Zdroj: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art
Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, 2016, 3, n°1 (1 & 2), p. 91-109. ⟨10.1386/jcca.3.1-2.91_1⟩
Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, JIANG Jiehong, 2016, 3, n°1 (1 & 2), p. 91-109. ⟨10.1386/jcca.3.1-2.91_1⟩
ISSN: 2051-7041
DOI: 10.1386/jcca.3.1-2.91_1
Popis: International audience; The artist Mei Dean-E (born in 1954) constantly questions the identity of Taiwan and especially of its Chinese component. In an era of de-Sinicization of Taiwan, to which Chineseness does this second-generation mainlander refer? Mei Dean-E, a Dada and Pop Art artist, challenging mental habits through a deconstruction of signs and symbols, gives multi-layered answers. I will argue that he never gives up his emotional relationship to Chinese culture and reinvents a form of Chineseness which is much more related with personal feelings than with official slogans or international opinions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE