@article{ART002004102},
author={Dong-Yeon Koh},
title={“Nomadic Readymade” in Chinese Contemporary Art: Ai Weiwei and Ni Haifung},
journal={Journal of History of Modern Art},
issn={1598-7728},
year={2015},
number={37},
pages={7-33},
doi={10.17057/kahoma.2015..37.001}
TY - JOUR
AU - Dong-Yeon Koh
TI - “Nomadic Readymade” in Chinese Contemporary Art: Ai Weiwei and Ni Haifung
JO - Journal of History of Modern Art
PY - 2015
VL - null
IS - 37
PB - 현대미술사학회
SP - 7
EP - 33
SN - 1598-7728
AB - Since the 2000s Ai Weiwei(艾未未) and Ni Haifung(倪海峰) has used readymade in their collaborative works to convey the dire circumstances in which Chinese workers can be compared with western consumers, especially under the western-centered market capitalism on a global scale. Hereby, I coined the term “nomadic readymade” to examine the recent development of readymade works transnationally manufactured and exhibited in contemporary Chinese art. Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower (葵花籽, 2010) sheds a light upon the dire circumstances of the chinese workers under communist government while it also indicates the 17th and 18th century colonial history related tofair trade of the Dutch East India Company and Chinese porcelain workshops. In a similar vein, Ni Haifung collected 15 tons of left-over and garbage fabric from one of the factories in Habei(河北) area and exhibited at Manifesta in 2008 to make western audience/potentially consumer to stitch fabric and to question the division between Chinese workers and western consumers in Para-production (2007-2008).
KW - Commodity;Globalization;Nomadism;Capitalism;Chinese Contemporary Art;Readymade;Ai Weiwei;Ni Haifung
DO - 10.17057/kahoma.2015..37.001
ER -
Dong-Yeon Koh. (2015). “Nomadic Readymade” in Chinese Contemporary Art: Ai Weiwei and Ni Haifung. Journal of History of Modern Art, 37, 7-33.
Dong-Yeon Koh. 2015, "“Nomadic Readymade” in Chinese Contemporary Art: Ai Weiwei and Ni Haifung", Journal of History of Modern Art, no.37, pp.7-33. Available from: doi:10.17057/kahoma.2015..37.001
Dong-Yeon Koh "“Nomadic Readymade” in Chinese Contemporary Art: Ai Weiwei and Ni Haifung" Journal of History of Modern Art 37 pp.7-33 (2015) : 7.
Dong-Yeon Koh. “Nomadic Readymade” in Chinese Contemporary Art: Ai Weiwei and Ni Haifung. 2015; 37 : 7-33. Available from: doi:10.17057/kahoma.2015..37.001
Dong-Yeon Koh. "“Nomadic Readymade” in Chinese Contemporary Art: Ai Weiwei and Ni Haifung" Journal of History of Modern Art no.37(2015) : 7-33.doi: 10.17057/kahoma.2015..37.001
Dong-Yeon Koh. “Nomadic Readymade” in Chinese Contemporary Art: Ai Weiwei and Ni Haifung. Journal of History of Modern Art, 37, 7-33. doi: 10.17057/kahoma.2015..37.001
Dong-Yeon Koh. “Nomadic Readymade” in Chinese Contemporary Art: Ai Weiwei and Ni Haifung. Journal of History of Modern Art. 2015; 37 7-33. doi: 10.17057/kahoma.2015..37.001
Dong-Yeon Koh. “Nomadic Readymade” in Chinese Contemporary Art: Ai Weiwei and Ni Haifung. 2015; 37 : 7-33. Available from: doi:10.17057/kahoma.2015..37.001
Dong-Yeon Koh. "“Nomadic Readymade” in Chinese Contemporary Art: Ai Weiwei and Ni Haifung" Journal of History of Modern Art no.37(2015) : 7-33.doi: 10.17057/kahoma.2015..37.001
